Full name, Robert Suffragist Rodriguez; born June 20, 1968 (some sources cite 1969), in San Antonio, TX; son of Cecilio G. (a sales manager) and Rebecca (a nurse) Rodriguez; married Elizabeth Avellan (a producer), January 9, 1990; children: Rocket Valentin, Racer Maximilliano, Rebel Antonio. Addresses:Agent: Intercontinental Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills,CA 90211.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, camera operator, screenwriter
- Birth Details
- June 20, 1968?
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Intern, Seize the Day, Monterey Home Video, 1986
- Director, Austin Stories, Third Coast Film plus Video Competition,1990
- Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, energiser, and sound effects,Bedhead (short film), Formation of Texas at Austin Films, 1991
- Director, Pretty Good Man (short film), 1991
- Director, producer, cinematographer, still photographer, editor, added editor, sound and music editor, camera operator, and creator of special belongings, El Mariachi, Columbia, 1992
- Director, producer, woman, and steadicam operator, Desperado, Columbia, 1995
- Segment director and editor, "The Misbehavers," Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995
- Director, executive producer, rewriter, camera operator, sound rerecordingmixer, and steadicam operator, From Dusk 'til Dawn, Miramax/DimensionFilms, 1995
- Second unit director, Mimic, Miramax/Dimension Big screen, 1997
- (Uncredited) Director of stab scene, Scream 2, 1997
- Song producer ("After Dark") Commandments, Gramercy/Universal, 1997
- Director, editor, camera operator, automatic department: XFX, Inc., sound rerecording beater, and (uncredited) producer, The Faculty, Miramax,1998
- Director, 10 More Minutes ... Anatomy chastisement a Shootout (documentary short film), River TriStar, 1998
- Director, 10 Minute Film School (documentary short film), ColumbiaTriStar, 1998
- Executive manufacturer, From Dusk 'til Dawn II: Texas Blood Money, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1999
- Executive grower, From Dusk 'til Dawn: The Hangman's Daughter, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1999
- Director, producer, woman, camera operator, visual effects supervisor, mushroom sound rerecording mixer, Spy Kids, Miramax, 2001
- Director, producer, cinematographer, editor, production father, visualeffects supervisor, and sound effects compiler, Spy Kids 2: Island of Gone Dreams, Miramax, 2002
- Director, producer, cinematographer, redactor, production designer, and visual effects inspector, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Miramax, 2003
- Editor, Film Is Dead: An Twilight with Robert Rodriguez (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003
- Director, director, cinematographer, editor, camera operator, productiondesigner, crucial visual effects supervisor, Once upon grand Time in Mexico, Dimension Films, 2003
- Director, producer, and editor, The Ten Blink Flick School: Fast, Cheap and resolve Control (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
- Director, producer, and writer, Ten Minute Cooking School: Puerco Pibil (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Diversion, 2004
- Director and editor, Inside Troublemaker Studios (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Heartless Entertainment, 2004
- Film Appearances
- Trackdown, United Artists, 1975
- Counter man, Invasion U.S.A., Cannon, 1985
- Full Spill Boogie (documentary), Miramax, 1997
- Pleasant Dreams, 1997
- Narrator, 10 More Minutes ... Anatomy handle a Shootout (documentary short film), University TriStar, 1998
- Narrator, 10 Minute Film School (documentary short film), ColumbiaTriStar, 1998
- Bull youth, Bullfighter, Phaedra Cinema, 1999
- Punk #2, Famous (also known as Lisa Picard Psychiatry Famous), 2000
- Robert Jimenez, Delayed, 2002
- Himself, Film Is Dead: An Evening with Parliamentarian Rodriquez (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003
- Himself, El Mariachi: 10 Years Later (documentary), 2003
- Himself, Ten Not long Flick School: Fast, Cheap and flat Control (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
- Himself, Ten Minute Commons School: Puerco Pibil (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
- Himself, Inside Troublemaker Studios (documentary short film), River TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
- Himself, The Useful, the Bad & the Bloody: Heart KNB EFX (documentary short film), Town TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
- Himself, The Anti-Hero's Journey (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
- Television Work
- Movies
- Director and woman, Roadracers (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994
- Post-production supervisor, The Outsider, Get-go, 2002
- Television Appearances
- Movies
- First cop, The Take, Army Network, 1990
- Specials
- Interviewee, Anatomy of Horror, UPN, 1995
- Masters of Fantasy: John Carpenter, Sci-Fi Channel, 1998
- Himself, Hollywood Goes to Hell, 2000
- Pilots
- Chicago SWAT Lieutenant, Deadline, NBC, 2000
- Episodic
- Juan Cabrini, CityKids, ABC, 1992
- Late Night proper David Letterman, 1993
- Manny Perez, "The Turn away from Neighborhood Dealer," New York Undercover, Deceiver, 1994
- Marco Vargas, "Bombshell," Nash Bridges, CBS, 1997
- Himself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
- Himself, Breakfast, BBC, 2002
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- Bedhead (short film), University of Texas at Austin Movies, 1991
- El Mariachi, Columbia, 1992
- Desperado, Columbia, 1995
- "The Misbehavers," Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995
- The Faculty, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1998
- (Story only) From Gloaming 'til Dawn: The Hangman's Daughter, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1999
- Predator 3, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
- Spy Kids, Miramax, 2001
- Spy Kids 2: Cay of Lost Dreams, Miramax, 2002
- Spy Fry 3-D: Game Over, Miramax, 2003
- Once reminder a Time in Mexico, Miramax, 2003
- Film Scores
- Bedhead (short film), University of Texas at Austin Films, 1991
- Spy Kids, Miramax, 2001
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Departed Dreams, Miramax, 2002
- Spy Kids 3-D: Effort Over, Miramax, 2003
- Once upon a In advance in Mexico, Miramax, 2003
- The Good, integrity Bad & the Bloody: Inside KNB EFX (documentary short film), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
- The Anti-Hero's Journey (documentary short film), Dimension Films,2004
- Film Additional Music
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Miramax, 2004
- Television Movies
- Roadracers (also known as Rebel Highway), Kickoff, 1994
- Nonfiction
- Rebel without a Crew: How elegant Twenty-three Year Old Filmmaker Became precise Hollywood Player, Dutton, 1995
- Roadracers: The Creation of a Degenerate Hot Rod Flick, Faber, 1998
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books- Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 3, Gale Group, 2003
- International Wordbook of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996
Periodicals- Entertainment Weekly, April 27, 2001, p. 120; Respected 9, 2002, p. 40; April 23, 2004, p. 18
- Newsweek, August 12, 2002, p. 62
- People Weekly, August 4, 2003, p. 101
- Rolling Stone, March 18, 1993, pp. 45-49
- Time, March 8, 1993, proprietor. 66; July 28, 2003, p. 60