Actor

Robert Rodriguez

Directing

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Movies: 79Series: 22Crew credits: 64

TMDB ID: 2294

IMDb ID: nm0001675

Known for: Directing

Born: June 20, 1968

Age: 57

Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1991 - 2025

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 6.47

Wikidata: Q47284

Also known as

Robert Anthony Rodriguez • Robert Anthony Rodríguez

Other jobs

Director (35)Executive Producer (7)Producer (5)Thanks (5)Writer (5)Original Music Composer (2)Creator (1)Director of Photography (1)

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Biography

Robert Anthony Rodriguez (/rɒˈdriːɡɛz/ ro-DREE-ghez; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2.6 million ($5.5 million in 2023 dollars) against a budget of $7,000 ($14,937 in 2023 dollars). The film spawned two sequels, collectively known as the Mexico Trilogy: Desperado (1995) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). Rodriguez directed From Dusk till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television series adaptation(2014–2016). He co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City (adapted from the graphic novel of the same name) and the 2014 sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. He is also the creator of the Spy Kids franchise, as well as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005), Planet Terror (2007), Machete (2010), We Can Be Heroes (2020), and directed The Faculty (1998) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019). Rodriguez is a close friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who founded the production company A Band Apart, of which Rodriguez was a member. In December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey.