Robert Rodriguez

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 26 million against a budget of 7000 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 adaptation20142016 He codirected the 2005 neonoir 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 3D 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