Rebel Rodriguez

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Rebel Rodriguez
BornRebel Antonio Rodriguez
1999
Austin, Texas
Citizenship American
Occupation Actor

Rebel Antonio Rodriguez (born 1999) is an American actor.

Americans citizens, or natives, of the United States of America

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Rodriguez was born in Austin, Texas, and is the son of director Robert Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avellán.

Texas State of the United States of America

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Robert Rodriguez American film director and producer

Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the Mexico Trilogy: Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. He directed From Dusk Till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television adaptation series (2014–2016). Rodriguez co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City and the 2014 sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Rodriguez also directed the Spy Kids films, The Faculty, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Planet Terror, Machete, and Alita: Battle Angel. He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, 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.

Elizabeth Avellán Veloz is a Venezuelan-born American film producer.

Already in 2002, Rodriguez had an application as a stunt double in the film Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams . In Planet Terror , part of the double feature movie Grindhouse , he played Tony Block, who shoots himself in the course of the film.

Stunt double

A stunt double is a cross between a body double and a stunt performer, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television, and for other sophisticated stunts. Stunt doubles may be used in cases where an actor's physical condition precludes much activity, or when an actor is contractually prohibited from taking certain risks. Stunt doubles are sometimes referred to as "stunties".

<i>Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams</i> 2002 film by Robert Rodriguez

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams is a 2002 American science fiction adventure comedy film produced, written, shot, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez, co-produced by Elizabeth Avellán and starring Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Mike Judge, Ricardo Montalbán, Holland Taylor, Christopher McDonald, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Momsen, Matt O'Leary, and Emily Osment.

<i>Planet Terror</i> 2007 film by Robert Rodriguez

Planet Terror is a 2007 American independent zombie film directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Stacy Ferguson, and Bruce Willis. It follows a group of people attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures as they feud with a military unit. It was released theatrically in North America as part of a double feature with Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof under the title Grindhouse, to emulate the experience of viewing exploitation films in a "grindhouse" theater. In addition to directing the film, Rodriguez wrote the script, directed the cinematography, wrote the musical score, co-edited, and produced it.

Selected filmography

<i>The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D</i> 2005 film by Robert Rodriguez

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl is a 2005 American adventure film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and originally released in the United States on June 10, 2005 by Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures and Dimension Films. The film uses the anaglyph 3-D technology, similar to the one used in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). The film stars Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette, Kristin Davis and George Lopez. Many of the concepts and much of the story were conceived by Rodriguez's children. The special effects were done by Hybride Technologies, CafeFX, The Orphanage, Post Logic, Hydraulx, Industrial Light & Magic, R!ot Pictures, Tippett Studio, Amalgamated Pixels, Intelligent Creatures and Troublemaker Digital. The film received negative reviews from critics with much of the criticism directed at the decision to post-convert the film into 3-D which many said damaged the film's visual look. The film also underperformed at the box office earning just $39 million in the United States and $69.4 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.

<i>Shorts</i> (2009 film) 2009 American family comedy/adventure film directed by Robert Rodriguez

Shorts is a 2009 Emirati-American comic fantasy family film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett and Kat Dennings.

<i>Angels Sing</i> 2013 film by Tim McCanlies

Angels Sing is a 2013 Christmas family drama film. An adaptation of Turk Pipkin's 1999 novel When angels sing, the film is directed by Tim McCanlies, and stars Harry Connick Jr., Connie Britton, Chandler Canterbury, Fionnula Flanagan, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.