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Director
Robert Rodriguez
Defining Films
Profile
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (/rɒˈdriːɡɛz/ ro-DREE-ghez; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2.6 million ($5.5 million in 2023 dollars) against a budget of $7,000 ($14,937 in 2023 dollars). The film spawned two sequels, collectively known as the Mexico T
In Their Own Words
I came up at a time when I loved John Carpenter and Sergio Leone and Robert Rodriguez, a lot of filmmakers that make their own scores, edit their own movies. So I like to have my hands in everything.