Robert Rodriguez filmography explained

Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American film and television director, producer, writer, composer, cinematographer and editor. He has contributed to many projects as a combination of the six. Less commonly, Rodriguez has also worked as a second unit director, digital animator and a visual effects supervisor.

Despite being rejected from the University of Texas' film school due to poor academic promise of the Arts, Robert Rodriguez created his first 16mm short film Bedhead which opened many doors for him. Rodriguez then created his first feature-length film El Mariachi which was picked up by Columbia Pictures. After directing the television film Roadracers, Rodriguez continued work in Hollywood.

El Mariachi was the first of Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy that included Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Rodriguez continued working on several other film series including the crime-horror film hybrid From Dusk till Dawn and the family-oriented adventure film series Spy Kids. Rodriguez has also collaborated with film director Quentin Tarantino on various projects including Four Rooms, From Dusk till Dawn, , Sin City and Grindhouse.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title
		width=65	Director	width=65	Writer	width=65	Producer	width=65	Editor	width=65	DoP	width=65	Composer	width=65	Re-Recording Mixer	Notes
1992	El Mariachi								Also sound editor, music editor, sound effects designer, additional editor, camera operator and still photographer.
1995	Desperado								Also steadicam operator
1996	From Dusk till Dawn
1998	The Faculty								Also camera operator and mechanical department: XFX Inc.
1999									Direct-to-video
									Direct to video Presenter and special thanks (as Robert R., Mi Hermano)
2001	Spy Kids								Also visual effects supervisor and camera operator; Writer: "Oye Como Spy", "Los Robotos".
2002									Also sound effects editor, visual effects supervisor, production designer and camera operator: "a" camera; Lyrics and Music: "Isle of Dreams", "Floop's Dream"; Producer: "Isle of Dreams"; Writer: "Oye Como Spy".
2003									Also visual effect supervisor and production designer; Producer: "Game Over", "Heart Drive"; Writer: "Game Over", "Heart Drive", "Spy Wedding Theme".
	Once Upon a Time in Mexico								Also sound effects editor, visual effects supervisor, production designer, steadicam operator and camera operator: "a" camera; Producer: "Flor De Mal", "Siente Mi Amor"; Writer: "Siente Mi Amor".
2004
2005	Sin City								Co-directed with Frank Miller Also visual effects supervisor and camera operator.
	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl								Also visual effects supervisor; Lyrics and Music: "Sharkboy & Lavagirl"; Producer and writer: "Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream (Dream, Dream)", "Sharkboy & Lavagirl".
	Curandero
2007	Grindhouse Death Proof
	Grindhouse: Planet Terror								Also visual effects supervisor, music producer and camera operator. Writer: "Grindhouse (Main Titles)", "Useless Talent #38", "Two Against the World", "Cherry's Dance of Death".
2009	Shorts								Also camera operator and music producer. Writer: "Spy Ballet".
2010	Predators
	Machete								Co-directed with Ethan Maniquis Composer via his band Chingon. Also visual effects supervisor and music producer. Writer: "Machete Main Title Theme".
2011
2013	Machete Kills								Also visual effects executive producer and music producer. Writer: "Machete Main Title Theme".
2014									Co-directed with Frank Miller Writer: "Skin City", "Uh Huh".
2019
	Red 11
	UglyDolls
2020	We Can Be Heroes								^[1]
2021									Concert film co-directed with Patrick Osborne
2023	Hypnotic
2115	100 Years								Filmed in 2015, but scheduled for release on November 18, 2115^[2]

Short films

Year	Title
		width=65	Director	width=65	Writer	wdith=65	Producer	width=65	Editor	width=65	Dop	width=65	Composer	Notes
1991	Bedhead							Co-written with Bryant Delafosse and David Rodriguez Also animator and sound effects
1995	Room 309 - "The Misbehavers"							Segment from the film Four Rooms
2007	Machete							Fake trailer shown in the double-feature film Grindhouse
2011	The Black Mamba							Commercial short Also sound mixer
2013	Two Scoops							Co-written with Gary Lathwell and Richard Peretti
2015	Sock 'em Dead							Also sound
2018	The Limit							Short VR film co-written with Racer Max Rodriguez

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Note
1996	From Dusk till Dawn	Band Member	Uncredited
1997	Full Tilt Boogie	Himself	Documentary
2000	Famous	Punk #2
	Bullfighter	Bullboy #1
2005	Sin City	SWAT Member	Uncredited
	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Shark	Voice, uncredited
2006	High Hopes	Mr. Lewis
2007	Planet Terror	One of Abby's Henchmen	Uncredited
2008		Himself	Documentary
	Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX	Himself	Documentary
2010	The United Monster Talent Agency	Jaws Scientist	Short film
2013	Amelia's 25th	Emilio Cruz
2014	New World Man	Mr. Folsom	Voice
		Sam's Friend	Uncredited

Uncredited works

Year	Title	Notes
1994	Pulp Fiction	Directed Quentin Tarantino's scene
1997	Mimic	Directed some scenes
	Scream 2	Directed the movie-within-a-movie titled Stab

Television

Year	Title	width=65	Director	width=65	Executive Producer	width=65	Writer	width=65	Creator	Notes
1994	Roadracers					Television film
2014–2016						Directed 7 episodes Wrote episode: "Pilot"
2014–2016	The Director's Chair					Also host and editor; Directed 12 episodes
2014	Matador					Directed 2 episodes
2014–2018	Lucha Underground
2018
2020	The Mandalorian^[3]					Episode: ""
2021	Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School					Also host
2021–2022	The Book of Boba Fett					Directed 3 episodes

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Note
1997	Nash Bridges	Marlo Veras, Commercial Director	Episode "Bombshell"
2000	Deadline	Chicago SWAT Lt.	Episode "Pilot"
2011	The Cleveland Show	Himself	Voice role; Episode "Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"
2017	Uncle Grandpa	Himself	Voice role; Episode "New Direction"
2021–2022	The Book of Boba Fett	Dokk Strassi, Mok Shaiz	Voice role, 5 episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2010	"40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)"	Bob Schneider
2015	"Confident"	Demi Lovato
2020	"Rain On Me"	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
2021	"Off the Ground"	Haley Reinhart

See also

• Robert Rodriguez's unrealized projects
• Cinema of the United States

Bibliography

• Web site: Robert Rodriguez Movie Box Office Results . . 2008-02-16.
• Web site: Robert Rodriguez > Filmography . . 2008-02-16.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Priyanka Chopra Jonas To Star In Netflix Superhero Movie From 'Alita: Battle Angel' Director Robert Rodriguez. Deadline Hollywood. Andreas. Wiseman. August 21, 2019. February 22, 2020.
2. John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez made a film that won't be released until 2115. Devan. Coggan. . 2015-11-19. 2018-08-21.
3. Web site: Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez, Robert. 2020-05-04. Twitter. Twitter.