Robert Rodriguez filmography

Rodriguez in 2007

Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, film producer, writer, composer, cinematographer and film editor. He has contributed to many projects as combination of the six. Less commonly, Rodriguez has also worked as a second unit director, animator and a visual effects supervisor.

Despite being rejected from the University of Texas' film school due to poor academic promise of the Arts, Robert Rodriguez created his first 16mm short film Bedhead which opened many doors for him. Rodriguez then created his first feature-length film El Mariachi which was picked up by Columbia Pictures. After directing the television film Road Racers, Rodriguez continued work in Hollywood.

El Mariachi, was the first of Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy that included Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Rodriguez continued working on several other film series including the crime-horror film hybrid From Dusk Till Dawn and the family-oriented adventure film series Spy Kids. Rodriguez has also collaborated with film director Quentin Tarantino on various projects including Four Rooms, From Dusk Til Dawn, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Sin City and Grindhouse.

Films

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Composer	Cinematographer	Editor	Other
1991	Bedhead[I] (short film)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
1992	El Mariachi[II]	N	N	N		N	N	N
1994	Roadracers	N		N			N
1994	Pulp Fiction							N
1995	Desperado	N	N	N			N
1995	Four Rooms	N		N			N
1996	From Dusk till Dawn[VII]	N					N
1997	Full Tilt Boogie[II]							N
1997	Mimic[IV]							N
1997	Scream 2[IV]							N
1998	From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money		N
1998	The Faculty	N					N
1999	From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter		N	N
2001	Spy Kids[V]	N	N	N	N		N	N
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams[V]	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico[V]	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over[V]	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
2004	Kill Bill: Volume 2				N
2005	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D[V][VII]	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
2005	Sin City[V][VII]	N	N		N	N	N	N
2005	Curandero		N	N
2007	Death Proof		N
2007	Planet Terror[VI][VII]	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
2008	Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero[II]							N
2008	Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX[II]							N
2009	Shorts	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
2010	Predators[V][VI]		N					N
2010	Machete	N	N	N			N
2011	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	N		N			N
2013	Machete Kills	N	N			N	N
2014	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For[VII]	N	N		N	N	N	N

^ I Also credited as an animator.
^ II Also credited for sound effects.
^ III Also credited as an interview participant.
^ IV Also credited as a second unit director.
^ V Also credited as a visual effects supervisor.
^ VI Also credited as a re-recording mixer.
^ VII Also appears in uncredited cameo.

Television

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Other
2014–present	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	N	N	N
	The Director's Chair[I]	N	N		N
2014	Matador	N	N	N
2014–present	Lucha Underground		N

^ I Also hosts the series.

Music videos directed

As actor

See also

• Cinema of the United States

References

General

Specific

External links

• Robert Rodriguez at Allmovie
• Robert Rodriguez at the Internet Movie Database