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Robert Sacha Rodriguez (b. June 20, 1968 San Antonio, Texas) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer well known for his work on the 2005 film Sin City and its upcoming sequels Sin City 2 and Sin City 3. He was born in San Antonio, Texas. Texas and Mexico feature prominently in several of his films.
Rodriguez became interested in film when at age 7, his father bought a camera and VCR. Rodriguez immediately began making home movies with his nine siblings. He attended St. Anthony Catholic High School where he continued to explore filmmaking, videotaping football games. Unfortunately his focus proved to be incompatible with expectations.
Following high school, he attended the University of Texas but was unable to get into the film program due to poor grades. He turned to writing comics. His daily strip, Los Hooligans, featured his siblings as characters and ran for three years in the college's student newspaper, The Daily.
Personal Life
Rodriguez married producer Elizabeth Avellan in 1990 and the couple had five children. The two became separated in 2007, amidst rumors of an affair with Grindhouse star Rose McGowan. Though they initially denied an affair, their relationship was later confirmed when they appeared publicly together at the Cannes Film Festival. They announced their engagement on October 11, 2007.
Genre Filmography
- 1991 Bedhead (director, cinematographer, composer)
- 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn (director, executive Producer)
- 1998 The Faculty (director)
- 2001 Spy Kids (writer, director, producer)
- 2002 Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (writer, director, producer)
- 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (writer, director, producer)
- 2005 The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D (writer, director, producer, cinematographer, composer)
- 2005 Sin City (director)
- 2007 Grindhouse (director - "Planet Terror" & "machete" Producer - "Death Proof")
- 2008 Sin City 2
- 2008 Sin City 3
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