Robert Rodriguez
Known for: Directing
Born: June 20, 1968
Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Robert Anthony Rodriguez 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 against a budget of $7,000. 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.
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Filmography
85 movies · 22 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
7.7
Like Tears in Rain
2024
7.0
Frank Miller: American Genius
2024
6.5
Thanksgiving
2023
5.9
Spy Kids: Armageddon
2023
6.2
Hypnotic
2023
6.2
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
2022
7.5
The Book of Boba Fett
2021
7.5
Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School
2021
6.5
The Making of Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
2021
7.8
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
2021
NR
Directors on Directors
20215.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
5.9
We Can Be Heroes
2020
7.4
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
NR
Cirque du Soleil: R.U.N
2020
8.4
The Mandalorian
2019
7.1
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
2019
7.6
The Chef Show
2019
6.6
UglyDolls
2019
5.2
Red 11
2019
7.3
Alita: Battle Angel
2019
7.0
Also Starring Austin
2018
NR
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018
5.6
Life After Flash
2017
7.4
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016
6.6
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2015
8.7
Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight
2015
6.0
Fanarchy
2015
6.3
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
7.1
Lucha Underground
2014
6.4
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
4.6
Matador
2014
7.0
The Director's Chair
2014
NR
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014
6.5
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014
8.0
El Mariachi
2014
4.3
Bullet
2014
5.6
Machete Kills
2013
4.6
Uncle Grandpa
2013
2.8
Amelia's 25th
2013
4.6
Two Scoops
2013
6.7
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
8.2
Django Unchained
2012
7.3
Side by Side
2012
4.7
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
8.1
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
4.9
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
9.1
The United Monster Talent Agency
2010
6.3
Machete
2010
6.3
Predators
2010
5.9
Shorts
2009
7.3
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
6.6
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
NR
Red Princess Blues Animated: The Book of Violence
2007
6.8
Death Proof
2007
7.0
Grindhouse
2007
6.7
Planet Terror
2007NR
Grindhouse 101
2007
7.0
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
2006
8.0
Scream Awards
2006
4.2
High Hopes
2006
5.7
Curandero
2005
5.2
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
2005
4.2
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
2005
7.5
Sin City
2005
6.6
Champion
2005
8.8
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
20048.0
Del Castillo
2004
7.9
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
6.0
How to Make Cool Home Movies
2004
5.9
Best Week Ever
2004
7.3
Inside Troublemaker Studios
2004
8.0
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
6.3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
5.1
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
5.6
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
7.5
George Lopez
2002
7.0
El cuerno del diablo
2001
5.8
Spy Kids
2001
10.0
Deadline
2000
3.0
Bullfighter
2000
4.6
Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000
4.9
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
2000
4.6
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999
6.6
The Faculty
1998
6.4
Full Tilt Boogie
1998
6.1
Mimic
1997
6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
7.1
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
5.9
Four Rooms
1995
6.9
Desperado
1995
NR
Lo + plus
1995
5.9
Roadracers
1994
8.0
Rebel Highway
1994
6.7
El Mariachi
1993
NR
Pretty Good Man
1991
6.0
Bedhead
1991NR
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
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NR
Machete Kills Again... in Space
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The Faculty
—NR
Blood
—NR
Fire and Ice
—NR
Untitled We Can Be Heroes Sequel
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NR
The Naughty List
—NR
Incógnito
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