Robert Rodriguez

Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, actor and musician who produced the 2010 film Predators. Rodriguez also wrote an unused script for a third Predator film in 1996. He is the ex-husband of Elizabeth Avellán. Notable films Rodriguez has directed include Desperado (1998), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Spy Kids (2001), Sin City (2005) and Planet Terror (2007).

Rodriguez is a close friend of director Quentin Tarantino and actor Danny Trejo, and has collaborated with both on numerous occasions. He also collaborated heavily with Aliens director James Cameron on the film Alita: Battle Angel.

Filmography

Year	Title	Functioned as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Actor
1992	El Mariachi
1995	Desperado				With Danny Trejo
	Four Rooms				Segment "The Misbehavers"
1996	From Dusk Till Dawn				Uncredited as actor; with William H. Burton, Jr., Henry Kingi and Danny Trejo
1998	The Faculty
2000	Lisa Picard Is Famous
	Bullfighter
2001	Spy Kids				With Danny Trejo
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams				With Bill Paxton and Danny Trejo
2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico				With Rubén Blades, Thomas Rosales, Jr. and Danny Trejo
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over				With Bill Paxton and Danny Trejo
2005	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D				Uncredited as actor
	Curandero
	Sin City				Uncredited as actor; with Tommy Flanagan
2006	High Hopes				With Danny Trejo
2007	Planet Terror				Uncredited as actor; with Michael Biehn and Danny Trejo
2009	Shorts
2010	Machete				With John Cann and Danny Trejo
2011	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World				With Danny Trejo
2013	Amelia's 25th				Uncredited; with Danny Trejo
	Machete Kills				With Walton Goggins and Danny Trejo
2014	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For				Uncredited as actor
2019	Alita: Battle Angel				With Mahershala Ali

Trivia

• Michael Biehn recalled asking Rodriguez during the production of Planet Terror why the director had cast him. Rodriguez responded,"I wanted to cast you because there's a certain moment in that movie where all hell is breaking loose, and I wanted to see you coming through these hospital doors, to see you bang through these double doors, and I want the audience to stand up and cheer." Biehn was dubious, but later recalled, "Anyway, we're at the big screen downtown, a thousand people, and the movie starts, blah blah blah happens, Josh Brolin's doing his thing. All of a sudden, I come crashing through the front door with a shotgun in my hand... and fucking everybody goes crazy. Everybody stands up and cheers. Here comes the fucking cavalry, which I guess I represented. Which I guess he knew I represented. That's Robert. He knew that moment was going to happen if he cast me in that role, as opposed to somebody else, I think, because of all the stuff that I had done back in the 80s I guess was kind of heroic."^[1]

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References

1. ↑ "Lebeau's Le Blog - What the Hell Happened to Michael Biehn?". Retrieved on 2015-01-20.