Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez

1968-06-20 San Antonio, Texas, USA 96 Credits

Biography

Robert Anthony Rodríguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado (1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), The Faculty (1998), Spy Kids (2001), Sin City (2005), Planet Terror (2007), and Machete (2010). He also produced the latest installment in the Predator series, Predators (2010).

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Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

2025

as Self

Acting

Chronicles Michael, an acclaimed actor blacklisted by Hollywood for most of his career, exploring his life and struggles within the industry's system.

Like Tears in Rain

Like Tears in Rain

2024

as Self

7.5
Acting

His entire life, the charismatic actor Rutger Hauer kept the outside world at a distance. His inner circle included only a small group of people, amon...

Frank Miller: American Genius

Frank Miller: American Genius

2024

as Self

7.0
Acting

Explore the near half-century career of the legendary comic book artist and writer. Made for his fans following a near death experience, the documenta...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

2023

Thanks

6.5

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holida...

Spy Kids: Armageddon

Spy Kids: Armageddon

2023

Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

6.0
Producing Directing Writing

When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful game developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of ...

Hypnotic

Hypnotic

2023

Director of Photography, Story, Editor

6.2
Directing Writing Producing

A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bend...

Art-House America: Austin Film Society

Art-House America: Austin Film Society

2023

as Self (Archive Footage)

Acting

Founded by Richard Linklater in 1985 as a screening series dedicated to bringing experimental and art cinema to the city of Austin, Texas, the Austin ...

Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School

Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School

2021

as Himself

8.0
Acting

25 years after making his independent film "El Mariachi" for only 7,000 dollars, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez recreates the experience with his micro-bu...

The Making of Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

The Making of Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

2021

as Self

8.3
Acting

Go behind the scenes of "Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles."

Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

2021

Director

7.9
Directing

Fresh off the heels of her brand-new album, "Happier Than Ever," this cinematic concert experience features an intimate performance of every song in t...

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become die...

We Can Be Heroes

We Can Be Heroes

2020

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

6.0
Directing Writing Producing

When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.

Cirque du Soleil: R.U.N

Cirque du Soleil: R.U.N

2020

Writer

Writing

Are you ready for another dose of dreamlike impressionism and whimsical flights of fancy? Then you’re in the wrong joint.

Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

2019

as Self

7.0
Acting

71 years in the making, this feature documentary experience reveals the extraordinary life journey of Hollywood's most unlikely hero, Danny Trejo.

UglyDolls

UglyDolls

2019

Producer, Story

6.6
Producing Writing

In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After ...

Red 11

Red 11

2019

Director, Screenplay, Editor

4.9
Directing Writing

A human lab rat in a sinister medical research facility tries to buy his way out of debt to the company while under the influence of experimental psyc...

Alita: Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel

2019

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes ...

The Limit

The Limit

2018

Director, Music, Producer

3.6
Directing Producing Writing

As a rogue agent with a mysterious past, you enlist the help of enhanced super-assassin M-13 to retrieve your identity and strike against the deadly o...

Also Starring Austin

Also Starring Austin

2018

7.0
Acting

ALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's rapidly changing built and natural environment and unique,...

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead

2018

as Self

Acting

In this brand new featurette, directors Guillermo del Toro (The Devil's Backbone), Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn), and Frank Darabont (The Sha...

Life After Flash

Life After Flash

2017

as Self

5.7
Acting

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up ag...

Sock 'Em Dead

Sock 'Em Dead

2015

as Robert Rodriguez

5.1
Acting

Madison Davenport encounters a real vampire in her trailer while she is admiring her socks, and she uses them to fight off the vampire.

Sock 'Em Dead

Sock 'Em Dead

2015

Writer, Director, Producer

5.1
Writing Directing Producing

Madison Davenport encounters a real vampire in her trailer while she is admiring her socks, and she uses them to fight off the vampire.

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

2015

as Self

6.5
Acting

Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the fir...

Fanarchy

Fanarchy

2015

as Self

6.0
Acting

Fanarchy explores the rise of fan culture and ways in which fans are threatening the Hollywood system by becoming a creative force in their own right....

21 Years: Richard Linklater

21 Years: Richard Linklater

2014

Thanks

6.2

A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; ...

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014

as Sam's Friend (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014

Director, Editor, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Bullet

Bullet

2014

Producer

4.3
Producing

Danny Trejo plays 'Bullet' a tough cop who takes the law into his own hands when his grandson is kidnapped.

Machete Kills

Machete Kills

2013

Story, Original Music Composer, Director

5.6
Writing Directing Producing

Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take...

Amelia's 25th

Amelia's 25th

2013

as Emilio Cruz

2.8
Acting

Aspiring actress Amelia begins her 25th birthday by breaking up with her boyfriend, and things only go downhill from there. After visiting a dubious p...

Two Scoops

Two Scoops

2013

Director, Music, Executive Producer

4.3
Directing Producing Writing

Two Scoops' is a cinematic adventure, created by Robert Rodriguez with the help of his fans. In the film, you will find a scene featuring 'the agent,'...

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

2013

as Self

6.7
Acting

Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning, with interviews from co-workers, critics, stars and master filmmakers alike as well as a tribute...

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

2012

Thanks

8.2

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Side by Side

Side by Side

2012

as Self

7.2
Acting

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmak...

The Black Mamba

The Black Mamba

2011

as Himself

6.4
Acting

Nike's Black Mamba film, starring Kobe Bryant, made its debut at the NBA All Star Weekend. The almost six-minute film, directed by action director Rob...

The Black Mamba

The Black Mamba

2011

Writer, Director

6.4
Writing Directing

Nike's Black Mamba film, starring Kobe Bryant, made its debut at the NBA All Star Weekend. The almost six-minute film, directed by action director Rob...

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

2011

Director, Writer, Producer

4.7
Directing Writing Producing

Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. Retired spy M...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2011

Original Music Composer

8.0

An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her veng...

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

2010

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to hav...

The United Monster Talent Agency

The United Monster Talent Agency

2010

as Jaws Scientist

9.1
Acting

A short comedy spoof about Universal Monsters and their everyday unconventional work done at their very own talent agency for their movies.

Machete

Machete

2010

Director, Editor, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing Writing

After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against h...

Predators

Predators

2010

Producer

6.3
Producing

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.

Shorts

Shorts

2009

Director, Writer, Cinematography

5.8
Directing Writing Producing

A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike...

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

2009

as Self

7.2
Acting

After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focuses on the many ways in which Jaws has helped to sh...

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

2008

as Self

7.0
Acting

This documentary delves into the art of make-up effects with industry legends Dick Smith, Rob Bottin, Tom Savini, John Landis, Frank Darabont, Joe Dan...

Death Proof

Death Proof

2007

Producer

6.8
Producing

Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman...

Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007

as Extra (segment "Planet Terror") (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...

Planet Terror

Planet Terror

2007

as One of Abby's Henchmen (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped...

Planet Terror

Planet Terror

2007

Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped...

Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

7.0
Directing Writing Producing

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...

Grindhouse 101

2007

as Self

Acting

Robert Rodriguez hosts a SXSW talk about his and Quentin Tarantino's upcoming "Grindhouse" double feature. Rodriguez and Harry Knowles discuss the his...

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

2006

as Self

6.9
Acting

Feature-length documentary about the making of Clerks II.

High Hopes

2006

as Mr. Lewis

3.6
Acting

Hollywood hopeful Tom Murphy and his posse are pinning their dreams of success on having Tom’s famous girlfriend star in their first feature. That is...

Curandero

Curandero

2005

Screenplay, Executive Producer

5.6
Writing Producing

A journey that takes one man into the bowels of black magic in Mexico City

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

2005

as Shark (voice) (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks an...

Confessions of a Pit Fighter

Confessions of a Pit Fighter

2005

Executive Producer

3.7
Producing

"From the day I was born I had to fight to survive. I fought everyone and everything that came in front of me. On the streets, confessions are made in...

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

2005

Director of Photography, Writer, Camera Operator

5.2
Directing Writing

Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks an...

Sin City

Sin City

2005

as SWAT Member (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it ...

Sin City

Sin City

2005

Director of Photography, Director, Original Music Composer

7.5
Directing Writing

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it ...

Champion

Champion

2005

as Self

6.4
Acting

Danny Trejo, you know the man. He has fierce tattoos, and frequently plays a thug in your favorite movies. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he...

The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

2004

as Self

8.9
Acting

The documentary of Kill Bill Vol.2, and how it was made. This is a documentary found on the DVD of Kill Bill Vol. 2. It consists of interviews, behind...

The Customer is Always Right

The Customer is Always Right

2004

Director, Cinematography, Editor

8.0
Directing

Robert Rodriguez wanted to create a film version of Miller's Sin City, he made a three-minute proof-of-concept short called The Customer Is Always Rig...

Del Castillo

2004

Editor, Cinematography

Music concert video

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004

Original Music Composer

7.9

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She v...

How to Make Cool Home Movies

How to Make Cool Home Movies

2004

as Himself (voice)

6.0
Acting

Robert Rodriguez shares how he makes home movies with this kids.

How to Make Cool Home Movies

How to Make Cool Home Movies

2004

Director

6.0
Directing

Robert Rodriguez shares how he makes home movies with this kids.

Inside Troublemaker Studios

Inside Troublemaker Studios

2004

as Himself

6.0
Acting

A short featurette available on the DVD for Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), released in January 2004.

Inside Troublemaker Studios

Inside Troublemaker Studios

2004

Editor, Director

6.0
Directing

A short featurette available on the DVD for Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), released in January 2004.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003

Thanks

8.0

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003

Director, Editor, Original Music Composer

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President ...

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003

Original Music Composer, Director, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Writing Producing

Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the worl...

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

2002

Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

5.6
Directing Writing Producing

Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to...

El cuerno del diablo

El cuerno del diablo

2001

Production Design

5.0
Spy Kids

Spy Kids

2001

Editor, Director, Producer

5.8
Directing Producing Writing

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from thei...

Bullfighter

Bullfighter

2000

as Bullboy #1

2.7
Acting

Jack is a wanderer whose aimless roaming leads him to a number of interesting locations and into the company of many interesting people, and despite h...

Lisa Picard Is Famous

Lisa Picard Is Famous

2000

as Punk #2

5.1
Acting

A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa...

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

2000

Executive Producer, Story

4.9
Producing Writing

Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid goes on the run with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side.

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1999

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

A bank-robbing gang of misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the w...

The Faculty

The Faculty

1998

Director, Editor, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicio...

Full Tilt Boogie

Full Tilt Boogie

1998

as Self

6.5
Acting

A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.

Mimic

Mimic

1997

Second Unit Director

6.1
Directing

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutan...

From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996

as Band Member (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampi...

From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996

Editor, Director, Executive Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampi...

Four Rooms

Four Rooms

1995

Editor, Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems t...

Desperado

Desperado

1995

Producer, Director, Steadicam Operator

6.9
Producing Directing Writing

El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, ...

Roadracers

Roadracers

1994

Editor, Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.

El Mariachi

El Mariachi

1993

Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

6.8
Producing Directing Writing

El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a k...

Pretty Good Man

Pretty Good Man

1991

Director, Camera Operator, Animation

Directing

A mediocre superhero discovers his powers and sort of overcomes his inferiority complex.

Bedhead

Bedhead

1991

Screenplay, Director, Editor

5.8
Writing Directing

David defaces his sister's doll. In the fight that follows Rebecca falls and hits her head. When she comes to, she discovers that she has telekinetic ...

Machete Kills Again... in Space

Machete Kills Again... in Space

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Voz flees to outer space after attempting to start a nuclear war on Earth and there is only one man who the President can trust to take Voz down: Mach...

The Faculty

N/A

Producer

Producing

When a high school newspaper photographer witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

Blood

N/A

Producer

Producing

A recently engaged bride-to-be becomes determined to find her blood family before she marries. But when she meets her unusual kin in the deep woods of...

Fire and Ice

N/A

Editor, Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Feature adaptation of Frank Frazetta's tale of confrontation between an evil ice lord and a fire kingdom.

Untitled We Can Be Heroes Sequel

N/A

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

A sequel to the 2020 film 'We Can Be Heroes'.

The Faculty

N/A

Producer

Producing

A remake of the 1998 sci-fi horror film.