Editing Robert Rodriguez (section)

{{Short description|American filmmaker (born 1968)}}
{{Other people}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Robert Rodriguez
| image              = Robert Rodriguez SDCC 2014.jpg
| caption            = Rodriguez in 2014
| birth_name         = Robert Anthony Rodriguez
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1968|6|20}}
| birth_place        = [[San Antonio]], Texas, U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film director|producer|screenwriter|cinematographer|visual effects supervisor|composer|film editor|actor}}
| years_active       = 1991–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Elizabeth Avellán]]|1991-2006|end=separated}}
| children           = 5
| works              = [[Robert Rodriguez filmography|Full list]]
| relatives          = [[Patricia Vonne]] (sister)<br/>[[Danny Trejo]] (second cousin)
| website            = [http://www.troublemakerstudios.com/ Troublemaker Studios]
| signature          = Robert Rodriguez signature.svg
| imagesize          = 
}}

'''Robert Anthony Rodriguez''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ɒ|ˈ|d|r|iː|ɡ|ɛ|z}} {{respell|ro|DREE|ghez}}; born June 20, 1968)<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 21, 2013|issue=1264|pages=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Cathy |last=Booth Thomas |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093629,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908173607/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093629,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2005 |title=Robert Rodriguez – TIME |magazine=TIME |date=August 13, 2005 |access-date=April 24, 2009}}</ref> 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 known collectively as the ''[[Mexico Trilogy]]'': ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]]'' (1995) and ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mexico]]'' (2003).

Rodriguez directed ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'' in 1996 and developed its [[From Dusk till Dawn: The Series|television series adaptation]] (2014–2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/el-reys-from-dusk-till-dawn-rounds-out-cast-636143/|title=El Rey's 'From Dusk Till Dawn' Rounds Out Cast, by THE DEADLINE TEAM|author=The Deadline Team|work=Deadline|date=November 15, 2013 |access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> He co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'' (adapted from the [[Sin City|graphic novel of the same name]]) and the 2014 sequel, ''[[Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]''.
He is also the creator of the ''[[Spy Kids]]'' franchise, as well as ''[[The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D]]'' (2005), ''[[Planet Terror]]'' (2007), ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]'' (2010), ''[[We Can Be Heroes (2020 film)|We Can Be Heroes]]'' (2020), and also directed ''[[The Faculty]]'' (1998) and ''[[Alita: Battle Angel]]'' (2019).

Rodriguez is a close friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker [[Quentin Tarantino]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez talk 'Grindhouse'|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/23/tarantino-and-rodriguez-talk-grind-house/|access-date=July 20, 2021|website=EW.com|language=en}}</ref> who founded the production company [[A Band Apart]], of which Rodriguez was a member. In December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, [[El Rey Network|El Rey]].