Rebel Without a Crew

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Rebel Without a Crew (subtitle: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player) is a 1995 non-fiction book by Robert Rodriguez. Presented in a diary format, Rebel details Rodriguez' beginnings as a young filmmaker; his stint at a medical testing facility to raise money for a feature film; the making of that film (El Mariachi) for $7,000, and his subsequent experiences in Hollywood selling the film and going to film festivals promoting it.

Later editions of the book also feature one of Rodriguez' tutorials on low-budget filmmaking ("Ten Minute Film School") and the screenplay to El Mariachi.

[edit] Influence

Rodriguez' rags-to-riches story, detailed in Rebel, as well as his vociferous support of low-budget techniques (such as digital filmmaking) to allow anyone to make a movie cheaply, have made him an icon of modern independent filmmaking.

v • d • e Films of Robert Rodriguez

Mexico Trilogy	El Mariachi (1992) • Desperado (1995) • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Spy Kids trilogy	Spy Kids (2001) • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

Sin City	Sin City (2005) • Sin City 2 (in development) • Sin City 3 (pre-production)

Other films	Bedhead (1991) • Roadracers (1994) • Four Rooms (1995) • From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) • The Faculty (1998) • The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) • Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007) • Machete (2008) • Barbarella (in development) •

Other works	Rebel Without a Crew (1995 autobiography) • Chingon (band)