| Elizabeth Avellán | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elizabeth Avellán-Veloz November 8, 1960 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Other names | Elizabeth Rodriguez |
| Occupation | producer animator actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse | Robert Rodriguez (1990 - 2006) |
Elizabeth Avellán-Veloz[1] (born November 8, 1960) is an American film producer.
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Avellán was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Her grandfather, Gonzalo Veloz Mancera, created the first privately-owned Venezuelan television station, Televisa.[1] As a teenager, she and her family moved to Houston, United States, where she attended Rice University.
She is the current co-owner and vice president of Troublemaker Studios, the production company that she and her former husband, Robert Rodriguez, founded in 2000. Avellán was also executive producer of In and Out of Focus, a documentary about balancing motherhood and a career in the film business.
She married Rodriguez in 1990, and the couple had five children together: sons Rocket Valentino (b. 14 September 1995 (16), Racer Maximilliano (b. 16 April 1997 (14), Rebel Antonio (b. 1 April 1999 (12), and Rogue Joaquin, and daughter Rhiannon Elizabeth (b. 10 December 2005 (5). In April 2006, Avellán and Rodriguez announced plans to separate after sixteen years of marriage, and have since divorced.[2]
| Year | Film | Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer / Executive producer |
Actress | Animator | Other | ||
| 1991 | Bedhead | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1992 | El Mariachi | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1995 | Desperado | Yes | |||
| 1996 | From Dusk Till Dawn | Yes | |||
| 1997 | Full Tilt Boogie | Yes | |||
| 1997 | Real Stories of the Donut Men | Yes | |||
| 1998 | The Faculty | Yes | |||
| 1999 | From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money | Yes | |||
| 1999 | From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | Yes | |||
| 1999 | Outside Providence | Yes | |||
| 2000 | Hollywood Goes to Hell | Yes | |||
| 2001 | Spy Kids | Yes | |||
| 2002 | In & Out of Focus | Yes | |||
| 2002 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | Yes | |||
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Yes | |||
| 2003 | VH1: All Access | Yes | |||
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Yes | |||
| 2005 | Sin City | Yes | |||
| 2005 | The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D | Yes | |||
| 2005 | Sin City: The Premiere | Yes | |||
| 2005 | Starz on the Set: Sin City | Yes | |||
| 2005 | Secuestro express | Yes | |||
| 2005 | Curandero | Yes | |||
| 2007 | Truth in Terms of Beauty | Yes | |||
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Yes | |||
| 2007 | Death Proof | Yes | |||
| 2007 | Planet Terror | Yes | |||
| 2008 | The Kids of Widney High | Yes | |||
| 2008 | Santos | Yes | |||
| 2009 | Entre líneas | Yes | |||
| 2009 | Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2010 | Machete | Yes | |||
| 2010 | Predators | Yes | |||
| 20101 | Sin City 2 | Yes | |||
| 2011 | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Yes | |||
| 2011 | Madman | Yes | |||
| 2012 | Sin City 3 | Yes | |||
*1:Not released as of January 24, 2011.