Robert Rodríguez

Robert Rodríguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American film director. He was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin. He is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. Rodríguez is of Mexican descent and shoots and produces his films in Texas and Mexico, often casting hispanics as his leads.

Filmography

• Sin City 2 (in pre-production; scheduled for 2006 release)
• Grind House "Planet Terror" segment (in pre-production, scheduled for 2006)
• The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D (2005)
• Sin City (co-directed with Frank Miller, and "special guest director" Quentin Tarantino; 2005)
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
• Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003)
• Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
• Spy Kids (2001)
• The Faculty (1998)
• From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
• Four Rooms ("The Misbehavers" segment, 1995)
• Desperado (1995)
• Pulp Fiction()(Directed when Tarantino was portraying the role of Jimmie Dimmick)
• Roadracers (1994)
• El Mariachi (1992)