Robert Rodriguez was born June 20, 1968 in San Antonio Texas. Robert shoots many of his films in Texas and Mexico.

He began his film interest at 7 years old when his father gave him his first VCR with a camera. While attending high school he was commissioned to video tape the school's football games. He was later fired for shooting them with cinematic style instead of the games. He later went to University where he fell in love with cartooning. He invented a comic strip where many of his characters were based on his siblings. Rodriguez grew up shooing action and horror films on video where, in the fall of 1990, his entry in a local contest earned him a spot in the university's film program.

It was there that he made the award winning 16 mm short "Beadhead". This short film attracted enough attention to make him feel encouraged enough to attempt a filmmaking career. He shot El Mariachi on a budget for about $7,000. His next film was the sequel, Desperado. He got together with Quentin Tarantino for the thriller From Dusk Till Dawn and with Kevin Williamson on The Faculty. In 2001 Rodriguez's film Spy Kids made him his first $100,000,000 film, which later became a trilogy. He also made a third "mariachi" film in 2003 called Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

Rodriguez operates his own production company called Troublemaker Studios.

Rodriguez has also co-directed Sin City in 2005. He also released The Adventures of SharkBoy and LavaGirl in 3-D that same year, which is a story based on his son's, Racer's, imagination. He also wrote and directed the film "Planet Terror" in collaboration with Quentin Tarantino in the double feature Grindhouse. A strong supporter of digital filming, he was introduced to George Lucas who personally invited him to use his digital cameras at his headquarters.

Since May 2007, Rodriguez has signed on to direct a remake of Barbarella.

Troublemaker Studios - Official Site of Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Publishing

Planet Terror

From Dusk Till Dawn
 

Sin City