Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez Trivia

Has 5 children with 'Elizabeth Avellan': sons 'Rocket Rodriguez', 'Racer Rodriguez', 'Rebel Rodriguez', 'Rogue Rodriguez' and daughter 'Rhiannon Rodriguez'.
Has resigned from the DGA twice. The first time was so he could directed the non-guild Four Rooms (1995) with 'Quentin Tarantino' and two other directors. The second time was in 2004 when he wanted to give 'Frank Miller (II)' a co-director credit for Sin City (2005). Other notable DGA "defectors" include his close friends 'George Lucas' and 'Quentin Tarantino'.
Studied at St. Anthony's University, The University of Texas at Austin.
Edited El mariachi (1992) at a public access station in Austin, Texas. He edited from late at night to the early hours in the morning, because the time was cheaper. However the station would often close up, setting the alarm; this meant he would have to stay at his editing bench for eight hours at a time without restroom breaks.
After seeing 'John Carpenter (I)''s Escape from New York (1981) at age 12, he knew he wanted to be a filmmaker.

Robert Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA. At a very young age he showed an interest in cartooning and filmmaking and devoted all of his time towards developing this fascination. Finally, it paid off, resulting in him in making real movies; and just the first of them - El mariachi (1992) - made him the legend of independent, ultra-low budget filmmaking. His further career is a sign for young filmmakers that even the wildest dreams may come true if you are brave enough to follow your own path. Since then, Robert has written, directed, edited, and/or produced around 12 movies (as of 2007), including: Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), The Faculty (1998) and Spy Kids (2001).

"I didn't want Frank [Miller, creator of the comic "Sin City" and co-writer on the film] to be treated just as a writer because he is the only one who has actually been to 'Sin City'. I am making such a literal interpretation of his book that I'd have felt weird taking directing credit without him. It was easier for me to quietly resign because otherwise I'd have been force to make compromises I was unwilling to make, or set a precedent that might hurt the guild later on." -- March, 2004 in response to why he left the Directors' Guild of America just before the filming of Sin City (2005)
"I always consider Salma [Hayek] for my projects, even for male roles."