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Biography

The man behind some of the most innovative, creative, and visually inventive action films of the late '90s and early 2000s, director Robert Rodriguez is the epitome of the do-it-yourself attitude and a renaissance man of cinema. Directing, shooting, and editing nearly every one of his films,Rodriguez's energetic and self-immersing approach to filmmaking has resulted in some of the most stylish and exciting action films in modern cinema.

Born June 20, 1968,Rodriguez became fascinated with cartooning and filmmaking at an early age. Prompted to jump behind the camera after becoming enamored by John Carpenter's Escape From New York at age 12, the fledgling director's brothers and sisters served as a capable cast and crew, and with his father's Super-8 camera in hand, Rodriguez took his first steps toward auteurhood. Awarded a scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin soon after his graduation from St. Anthony's High School, Rodriguez inked a popular comic-strip entitled Los Hooligans (inspired by the antics of his siblings) and continued to make films despite being rejected from the institution's film school due to poor academic promise. Undaunted by the rejection, it was Rodriguez who would have the last laugh as his 16 mm film Bedhead won multiple awards and opened many doors. A humorous tale of a girl who gains psychic powers after receiving a bump on the head, the film's unique humor stood out among the usually morose film-festival entries and charmed audiences and judges alike. Also recognized by Columbia University for his skills as a comic writer and artist during this period, Rodriguez soon began setting his sights on making a feature-length film. Intimidated by the high cost of processing film, the resourceful director came up with a unique form of financing and served as a human guinea pig by subjecting himself to experimental drug studies. In doing so, Rodriguez secured the 7,000 dollars he needed to get El Mariachi off the ground. With his good friend Carlos Gallardo serving as the hapless lead and a ragtag crew working round-the-clock in a Mexican border town, shooting was completed in 20 days for intended distribution in the Spanish video market. Bought by Columbia Pictures for distribution in the United States, El Mariachi was hailed for not only its unique style and energy, but also for the circumstances surrounding its creation. Brought in at the last minute to direct the made-for-cable feature Roadracers (1994) soon after, and helming "The Misbehaviors," arguably the most entertaining segment in the ill-received Four Rooms the following year, it wasn't long before Hollywood was calling for a sequel to Rodriguez's maiden effort. As much a remake as a sequel, though this time with the noted lead of Antonio Banderas (whom Rodriguez had worked with on "The Misbehavors"), Desperado displayed further indication of its director's resourcefulness but failed to capture the core energy of the original. Re-teaming with his Four Rooms cohort Quentin Tarantino for the super-kinetic crime/horror extravaganza From Dusk Till Dawn, the director continued to find his groove in the land of bloated budgets, and despite its dark humor and giddy energy, the film was criticized by many for not sticking to the conventions of a single genre. His follow-up, the subversive sci-fi teen romp The Faculty, was equally compelling. In subsequent years, Rodriguez would remain only slightly involved with the two straight-to-video From Dusk Till Dawn sequels, and many may have found it ironic that the director would receive his most substantial critical success yet with what was essentially a children's film. A massive box-office hit that offered a family friendly adventure yarn served with a distinctively stylish and surreal twist, Spy Kids (2001) retained all the elements that had endeared Rodriguez to fans and critics, sans the graphic violence and adult elements. Alarmed by the fact that numerous kids had approached him and expressed their love of his very adult-oriented previous features, Rodriguez set out to craft an energetic adventure that called back to his more lighthearted early efforts. With its deliciously twisted villain, bizarre set-pieces, high-tech gadgetry, and positive messages pertaining to the worth of a healthy self-image and the importance of family, Rodriguez won over a whole new generation of fans while retaining his already solid fan base. Again turning out a stylish and flashy finished product on a remarkably tight budget, the director proved that his talent spanned numerous genres. Soon beginning work on a sequel to Spy Kids, Rodriguez also kept busy by beginning production on his longtime dream project, the epic final installment to his Mariachi trology, Once Upon a Time in Mexico. In the wake of a visit with filmmaker and digital cinema advocate George Lucas, Rodriguez was became convinced that the future of film lay not in celluloid but in digital video -- and from Spy Kids 2 on shot all of his future films on the emerging format. Indeed, Rodriguez's subsequent digital films were as visually vibrant as ever, with Spy Kids 3 using the process to particularly pleasing effect. If Once Upon a Time in Mexico -- Rodriguez's epic conclusion to the El Mariachi trilogy -- failed to reach the delirious heights promised by its undeniably ambitious title in the eyes of some fans, the arrival of the visually striking and masterfully constructed Sin City in early 2005 proved without a doubt that Rodriguez was still one of the most daring mainstream filmmakers in contemporary cinema. Despite the fact that Sin City author Frank Miller had made no secret of the fact that he had no desire to ever let the legacy of his notorious noir comic blighted by a sub-par film adaptation, Rodriguez secretly shot a scene showcasing his remarkably faithful vision for the film and offered it to Miller as a proposal for a feature length version of Sin City. Immediately recognizing the sincerity and respect with which Rodriguez had handled the source material--going so far as to use the panels of the graphic novel for storyboards--Miller agreed to let the director bring Sin City to life on the big screen and in turn, Rodriguez resigned from the Director's Guild of America so that he could make Miller the official co-director of the film. When Sin City finally arrived in theaters in April of 2005, few fans of the comic could have realized what a faithful adaptation the film would be, and though it did draw some criticism for its stratospheric level of violence, longtime fans of Miller's comic took to the film in droves and praised it for its unapologetic adherence to his dark vision.

Rodriguez finished off 2005 with another family adventure in the style of Spy Kids -- although far less successful -- called The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl. He then spent 2006 teaming up with friend and colleague Quentin Tarantino to work on the over-the-top double-feature project Grindhouse. The film set out to follow in the tradition of the genre it was named after -- bang for your buck drive-in/Times Square exploitationers -- and the final product would include a movie by each director, as grindhouse theaters were known for screening double or triple features. While the grindhouse movies of the '70s made up for the lack of starpower afforded by their shoestring budgets with intense violence, wild action sequences, and shocking premises, Rodruigez and Tarantino reveled in the chance to make a movie just as outlandish and campy, but with big budgets and major stars as well. Released with a maximum of fanfare by the Weinstein Company on Easter weekend, 2007, the film became one of the surprise flops of the spring, despite strong reviews from critics. In the years that followed, Rodriguez emerged with a feature-length version of the "Machete" trailer from the Grindhouse double bill, starring Danny Trejo in the title role. He also returned to the Spy Kids series to helm a fourth entry in the franchise, released in 2011 and titled, Spy Kids: All The Time in the World. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

For the American composer born 1946, see Robert Bottom Rodriguez.

Robert Rodriguez
Rodriguez at the 2007 Scream Awards, October 19, 2007
Born	Robert Anthony Rodriguez June 20, 1968 (1968-06-20) (age 43) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer and musician
Notable work(s)	El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Sin City, Grindhouse, Machete
Influenced by	John Carpenter, James Cameron, Roger Corman, Russ Meyer, Wes Craven, Sergio Leone, John McTiernan, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Frank Miller
Spouse	Elizabeth Avellán (1990–2006)
Partner	Rose McGowan (2007–09)
Website
Troublemaker Studios

Robert Anthony Rodríguez (born June 20, 1968)^[1] 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, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet Terror, and Machete. He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

Contents

1 Early life
2 Career
- 2.1 Predators
- 2.2 Machete
3 Personal life
4 The "one-man film crew" and "Mariachi-style"
5 Filmography
6 Collaborations
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Early life

Rodríguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican-American parents Rebecca (née Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman.^[2]^[3] He began his interest in film at age 11 when his father bought one of the first VCRs, which came with a camera.

While attending St. Anthony High School, he was commissioned to videotape the school's football games. According to his sister he was fired soon after for shooting them with a cinematic style, getting shots of parents' reactions and the ball traveling through the air instead of shooting the whole play. There he met Carlos Gallardo; they both shot films on video throughout high school and college. After graduating Rodriguez went to the College of Communication at the University of Texas where he also developed a love of cartooning. His grades were not high enough to get into the school's film program, so he invented a daily comic strip entitled Los Hooligans with many of the characters based on his siblings – in particular, one of his sisters, Maricarmen. The comic proved to be quite successful, running for three years in the student newspaper The Daily Texan while Rodríguez continued to make short films.^{[citation needed]}

Rodríguez grew up shooting action and horror short films on video, and editing on two VCRs. Finally, in the fall of 1990, his entry in a local film contest earned him a spot in the university's film program where he made the award-winning 16 mm short "Bedhead". The film chronicles the amusing misadventures of a young girl whose older brother sports an incredibly tangled mess of hair that she cannot tolerate. Even at this early stage, Rodríguez's trademark style began to emerge: quick cuts, intense zooms, and fast camera movements deployed with a sense of humor that offsets the action.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Rodriguez at the premiere of Grindhouse, Austin, Texas

This short film attracted enough attention to encourage him to seriously attempt a career as a filmmaker. He went on to shoot the action flick El Mariachi in Spanish. El Mariachi, which was shot for around $7,000 with money raised by his friend Carlos Gallardo and participating in medical research studies, won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993. The film, originally intended for the Spanish-language low-budget home-video market, was "cleaned up" with several hundred thousand dollars before being distributed by Columbia Pictures in the United States, still being promoted as "the movie made for $7,000". Rodríguez described his experiences making the film in his book Rebel Without a Crew. The book and film inspired legions of hopeful filmmakers to pick up cameras and make no-budget movies. The film and the book are widely considered important touchstones of the independent film movement of the 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

His next feature film was Desperado, a sequel to El Mariachi starring Antonio Banderas. The film introduced Salma Hayek to American audiences. Rodríguez went on to collaborate with Quentin Tarantino on the vampire thriller, From Dusk till Dawn (he co-produced two sequels), and with Kevin Williamson on the horror film The Faculty.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Rodríguez enjoyed his first $100,000,000 (USD) Hollywood hit with Spy Kids, which went on to become a movie franchise, with the third film released in a crude form of 3D. A third "mariachi" film also appeared in late 2003, Once Upon a Time in Mexico which completed the Mariachi Trilogy. He operates a production company called Troublemaker Studios, formerly Los Hooligans Productions.^{[citation needed]}

Rodríguez co-directed Sin City (2005), an adaptation of the Frank Miller Sin City comic books; Quentin Tarantino guest-directed a scene. During production in 2004, Rodríguez insisted that Miller direct the film with him because he considered the visual style of Miller's comic art to be just as important as his own in the film. However, the Directors Guild of America would not allow it, citing that only "legitimate teams" could share the director's credit (e.g. the Wachowski Brothers). Rodríguez chose to resign from the DGA, stating, "It was easier for me to quietly resign before shooting because otherwise I'd be forced to make compromises I was unwilling to make or set a precedent that might hurt the guild later on." By resigning from the DGA, Rodríguez was forced to relinquish his director's seat on the film John Carter of Mars (in development) for Paramount Pictures. Rodríguez had already signed on and had been announced as director of that film, planning to begin filming soon after completing Sin City.^{[citation needed]}

Sin City was a critical hit in 2005 as well as a box office success, particularly for a hyperviolent comic book adaptation that did not have name recognition comparable to the X-Men or Spider-Man. He has stated that he is interested in eventually adapting all of Miller's Sin City comic books.^{[citation needed]}

Rodríguez released The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 2005, a superhero-kid movie intended for the same younger audiences as his Spy Kids series. Shark Boy & Lava Girl was based on a story conceived by Rodríguez's 7 year-old son, Racer, who was given credit for the screenplay. The film was not a major success, having grossed 39 million dollars at the box office.^{[citation needed]}

Since 1998, he has owned the film rights to Mike Allred's off-beat comic Madman. The two have hinted at the project being close to beginning on several occasions without anything coming of it. However, other projects have been completed first (Allred was instrumental in connecting Rodríguez with Frank Miller, leading to the production of Sin City). In 2004, Allred, while promoting his comic book, The Golden Plates, announced that a screenplay by George Huang was near completion. In March 2006, it was announced that production on Sin City 2 would be postponed. Allred announced at the 2006 WonderCon that production would likely commence on Madman the Movie in 2006. Huang is actually friends with Rodriguez, who advised him to pursue filmmaking as a career when Rodriguez landed a deal with Columbia Pictures where Huang was an employee.^{[citation needed]}

Rodriguez wrote and directed the film Planet Terror for the collaboration with Quentin Tarantino in their double feature Grindhouse (released in 2007). This film was a throwback to the Grindhouse exploitative cinema of the past.^{[citation needed]}

He also has a series of "Ten Minute Film School" segments on several of his DVD releases, showing aspiring filmmakers how to make good, profitable movies using inexpensive tactics. Starting with the Once Upon a Time in Mexico DVD, Rodríguez began creating a series called, "Ten Minute Cooking School" where he revealed his recipe for "Puerco Pibil" (based on Cochinita pibil, an old dish from Yucatán), the same food Johnny Depp's character, "Agent Sands" ate in the film. The popularity of this series led to the inclusion of another "Cooking School" on the two-disc version of the "Sin City" DVD where Rodríguez teaches the viewer how to make "Sin City Breakfast Tacos," a dish (made for his cast and crew during late-night shoots) utilizing his grandmother's tortilla recipe and different egg mixes for the filling. He had initially planned to release a third "Cooking School" with the October 16 DVD release of "Planet Terror" but then announced on the "Film School" segment of the DVD that he would put it on the upcoming Grindhouse Theatrical DVD set instead. The Cooking School, titled "Texas Barbecue...from the GRAVE!," is a dish based on the "secret barbecue recipe" of "JT Hague," Jeff Fahey's character in the film.^[4]

A strong supporter of digital film making, Rodríguez was introduced to this by director George Lucas, who personally invited Rodríguez to use the digital cameras at Lucas' headquarters.^[5]

In May 2007 it was announced that Rodríguez had signed on to direct a remake of Barbarella for a 2008 release.^[6] At the 2007 Comic-Con convention, actress Rosario Dawson announced that because of Barbarella, production of Sin City 2 would be put on hold. She also announced that she would be playing an amazon in the Barbarella film.^[7]

In May 2008 Rodriguez is said to be shopping around a prison drama television series called Woman in Chains!, with Rose McGowan being a possibility for a lead role.^[8]

As of June 2008, plans to remake the film Barbarella with Rose McGowan as the lead have been delayed; the actress and director are instead remaking the film Red Sonja.^[9]

As of May 2009, Rodriguez plans to produce a live-action remake of Fire and Ice, a 1983 film collaboration between painter Frank Frazetta and animator Ralph Bakshi. The deal was closed shortly after Frazetta's death.^[10]

Predators

Main article: Predators (film)

On April 23, 2009, it was announced that Rodriguez would produce a new Predator sequel, entitled Predators. This film's script was based on early drafts he had written after seeing the original. Rodriguez's ideas included a planet-sized game preserve and various creatures used by the Predators to hunt a group of abducted yet skilled humans. Opening to mixed reviews, the film fared reasonably well at the box office – forming speculation that a sequel may be in the works.^{[citation needed]}

Machete

Main article: Machete (film)

Machete is a feature film directed by Rodriguez and released in September 2010. It is an expansion of a fake trailer Rodriguez directed for the 2007 film Grindhouse. It starred Danny Trejo as the title character. Trejo, Rodriquez' 2nd cousin, has worked with him in some of his other movies such as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Spy Kids, where Trejo's character was also known as Machete. Although originally announced to be released direct-to-DVD as an extra on the Planet Terror DVD, the film was produced as a theatrical release.^[11]

According to Rodriguez, the origins of the film go back to Desperado. He says, "When I met Danny, I said, 'This guy should be like the Mexican Jean-Claude Van Damme or Charles Bronson, putting out a movie every year and his name should be Machete.' So I decided to do that way back when, never got around to it until finally now. So now, of course, I want to keep going and do a feature."^[12] In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Rodriguez said that he wrote the screenplay back in 1993 when he cast Trejo in Desperado. "So I wrote him this idea of a federale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U.S. I had heard sometimes FBI or DEA have a really tough job that they don't want to get their own agents killed on, they'll hire an agent from Mexico to come do the job for $25,000. I thought, "That's Machete. He would come and do a really dangerous job for a lot of money to him but for everyone else over here it's peanuts." But I never got around to making it."^[13]

Rodriguez hoped to film Machete at the same time as Sin City 2.^[14] Additionally, during Comic-Con International 2008, he took the time to speak about Machete, including such topics as: status, possible sequels after the release of Machete, and production priorities.^[15] It was also revealed that he has regularly pulled sequences from it for his other productions including Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Machete was released in theaters September 3, 2010 in the U.S.A.

On May 5, 2010, Robert Rodriguez responded to Arizona's controversial immigration law by releasing an "illegal" trailer on Ain't It Cool News.^[16] The fake trailer combined elements of the Machete trailer that appeared in Grindhouse with footage from the actual film,^[10] and implied that the film would be about Machete leading a revolt against anti-immigration politicians and border vigilantes.^[10] Several movie websites, including Internet Movie Database, reported that it was the official teaser for the film.^[10] However, Rodriguez later revealed the trailer to be a joke, explaining "it was Cinco de Mayo and I had too much tequila."^[10]

Personal life

Rodriguez announced in April 2006 that he and his wife Elizabeth Avellán, with whom he had five children, separated after 16 years of marriage.^[17]

He reportedly had a "dalliance"^[18] with actress Rose McGowan during the shooting of Grindhouse.^[19] In October 2007, Elle Magazine revealed that Rodríguez cast McGowan as the title role in his remake of Barbarella.^[20] After some reports of them breaking up^[21] and being together again,^[22] they split up in October 2009.^[23]

In October 2010, he walked Alexa Vega down the aisle at her wedding to producer Sean Covel.^{[citation needed]}

The "one-man film crew" and "Mariachi-style"

Rodríguez not only has the unusual credits of producing, directing and writing his films, he also frequently serves as editor, director of photography, camera operator, steadicam operator, composer, production designer, visual effects supervisor, and sound editor on his films. This has earned him the nickname of "the one-man film crew." He abbreviates his numerous roles in his film credits; Once Upon A Time In Mexico, for instance, is "shot, chopped, and scored by Robert Rodriguez", and Sin City is "shot and cut by Robert Rodriguez."

He calls his style of making movies "Mariachi-style" (in reference to his first feature film El Mariachi) in which (according to the back cover of his book Rebel Without a Crew) "Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems." Stu Maschwitz coined the term "Robert Rodriguez list", i.e. you make a list of things you have access to like cool cars, apartments, horses, samurai swords and so on, and then write the screenplay based on that list.^[24]

Filmography

Main article: Robert Rodriguez filmography

Collaborations

Like most directors, Rodriguez has cast certain actors in more than one of his films.

The only actors that are not listed are ones who appear only in the Spy Kids franchise, and no other Rodriguez film. These actors include Alan Cumming, Mike Judge, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Tony Shalhoub and Alexa Vega.

	El Mariachi	Roadracers	Desperado	Four Rooms	From Dusk till Dawn	The Faculty	Spy Kids	Spy Kids 2	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Spy Kids 3-D	Sharkboy and Lavagirl	Sin City	Planet Terror	Shorts	Machete	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Jessica Alba												N			N	N
David Arquette		N									N
Electra and Elise Avellan													N		N
Antonio Banderas			N	N			N	N	N	N						N
Steve Buscemi			N					N		N
George Clooney					N		N			N
Jeff Fahey													N		N
Carlos Gallardo	N		N										N
Carla Gugino							N	N		N		N
Josh Hartnett						N						N
John Hawkes		N			N
Salma Hayek		N	N	N	N	N			N	N
Nicky Katt												N	N
Angela Lanza			N				N	N
Tito Larriva			N		N				N						N
Cheech Marin			N		N		N	N	N	N					N
Rose McGowan													N		N
Robert Patrick						N	N
Michael Parks					N								N
Rebel Rodriguez											N		N	N
Mickey Rourke									N			N
Daryl Sabara							N	N		N					N	N
Tom Savini					N								N		N
Quentin Tarantino¹			N	N	N								N
Danny Trejo			N		N		N	N	N	N					N	N
Patricia Vonne			N	N			N					N
Bruce Willis				N								N	N
Elijah Wood						N				N		N

¹ Tarantino has collaborated with Rodriguez in more ways than just as an actor.

References

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^ "Robert Rodriguez Biography (1968?-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/37/Robert-Rodriguez.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
^ Marvis, Barbara J. (1998). Robert Rodriguez. Mitchell Lane. pp. 5. ISBN1883845483.
^ "Grindhouse DVD Details Revealed". /Film. http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/04/03/grindhouse-dvd-details-revealed.
^ Once Upon a Time in Mexico DVD feature "Film is Dead".
^ "Rodriguez to direct 'Barbarella'". Hollywoodreporter.com. 2007-05-22. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i3e0cd5c8b61cf5dd1910e92c972e7e99?imw=Y. Retrieved 2009-04-24. ^{[dead link]}
^ "G4 – The Feed – Dawson Talks 'Occult' on Comic-Con LIVE". G4tv.com. 2007-07-24. http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/677874/Dawson_Talks_Occult_on_ComicCon_LIVE.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
^ "shopping around Woman in Chains!". Collider.com. 2008-05-28. http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp/aid/8033/tcid/Rodriguez. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
^ "Rodriguez and McGowan Team for Red Sonja – Superhero Hype!". Superhero Hype!. http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=7407. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Knowles, Harry (May 19, 2010). "A family friendly Machete? What do you mean no race war? & A secret Frazetta project?? Exclusive Robert Rodriguez interview!!". Ain't It Cool News. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45169. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ Morris, Clint (May 14, 2007). "Machete movie greenlit!". Moviehole. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071011040812/http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070514_machete_movie_greenlit.html. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
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^ Sciretta, Peter (March 26, 2007). "Rodriguez to film Machete Movie during Sin City 2". /film. http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/26/rodriguez-to-film-machete-movie-during-sin-city-2. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
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^ "Machete Movie Trailer Takes a Smart Slash at Arizona Immigration Law". dailyfinance.com. http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/machete-movie-trailer-smart-slash-arizona-immigration-law/19469060/. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
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^ Rose McGowan is single again
^ The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap, Stu Maschwitz (2007).

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v d e Works of Robert Rodriguez

1990s	El Mariachi (1992) Desperado (1995) From Dusk till Dawn (1996) The Faculty (1998)

2000s	Spy Kids (2001) Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) Sin City (2005) The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005) Planet Terror (2007) Shorts (2009)

2010s	Machete (2010) Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)

Other works	Bedhead (1991) Roadracers (1994) Four Rooms (1995) Rebel Without a Crew (1995) Chingon (band) Predators (2010)

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