Robert Rodriguez filmography

Rodriguez in 2007

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 , Kill Bill: Volume 2 , Sin City and Grindhouse .

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer	Other
1992	El Mariachi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also sound editor, music editor, sound effects designer, additional editor, camera operator and still photographer.
1995	Desperado	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor and steadicam operator
1996	From Dusk till Dawn	Yes	No	Executive	Yes	Also editor, re-recording mixer, and soundtrack producer
1998	The Faculty	Yes	No	No	Yes	Also editor, re-recording mixer, camera operator and mechanical department: XFX Inc.
1999	From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter	No	Story	Executive	No	Direct to video Presenter and special thanks (as Robert R., Mi Hermano)
2001	Spy Kids	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, composer, re-recording mixer, visual effects supervisor and camera operator; Writer: "Oye Como Spy", "Los Robotos".
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, re-recording mixer, 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	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, 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	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, re-recording mixer, 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".
2005	Sin City	Yes	Uncredited	Yes	Yes	Co-directed with Frank Miller Also editor, director of photography, composer, re-recording mixer, visual effects supervisor, and camera operator.
	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl	Yes	Yes	Uncredited	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, re-recording mixer, and visual effects supervisor; Lyrics and Music: "Sharkboy & Lavagirl"; Producer and writer: "Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream (Dream, Dream)", "Sharkboy & Lavagirl".
	Curandero	No	Yes	Executive	No
2007	Grindhouse: Death Proof	No	No	Yes	No
	Grindhouse: Planet Terror	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, re-recording mixer, 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	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, re-recording mixer, camera operator, and music producer. Writer: "Spy Ballet".
2010	Predators	No	No	Yes	Yes	Also re-recording mixer
	Machete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-directed with Ethan Maniquis Composer via his band Chingon. Also editor, composer, re-recording mixer, visual effects supervisor and music producer. Writer: "Machete Main Title Theme".
2011	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also director of photography, composer, and re-recording mixer
2013	Machete Kills	Yes	Story	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, re-recording mixer, visual effects executive producer and music producer. Writer: "Machete Main Title Theme".
2014	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, composer, and re-recording mixer. Co-directed with Frank Miller Writer: "Skin City", "Uh Huh".
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Yes	No	No	No
	Red 11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor and director of photography
	UglyDolls	No	Story	Yes	No
2020	We Can Be Heroes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor and director of photography [1]
2021	Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles	Yes	No	No	No	Concert film co-directed with Patrick Osborne
2023	Hypnotic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor and director of photography
	Spy Kids: Armageddon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, director of photography, and composer

Short films

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer	Other
1991	Bedhead	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Bryant Delafosse and David Rodriguez Also editor, director of photography, composer, animator, and sound effects
1995	Room 309 - "The Misbehavers"	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Segment from the film Four Rooms Also editor
2007	Machete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Fake trailer shown in the double-feature film Grindhouse Also editor, director of photography, and composer
2011	The Black Mamba	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Commercial short Also editor, director of photography, composer, and sound mixer
2013	Two Scoops	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Gary Lathwell and Richard Peretti Also editor, director of photography, and composer
2015	Sock 'em Dead	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor, uncredited director of photography, and sound
2018	The Limit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Short VR film co-written with Racer Max Rodriguez Also editor and director of photography
2115	100 Years	Yes	No	No	Yes	Filmed in 2015, but scheduled for release on November 18, 2115 Also editor [2]

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	Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero	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
	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Sam's Friend	Uncredited

Other roles

Year	Title	Notes
1994	Pulp Fiction	Directed Quentin Tarantino's scene (uncredited)
1997	Mimic	Directed some scenes (uncredited)
	Scream 2	Directed the movie-within-a-movie titled Stab (Contrary to the mention of his name, Robert Rodriguez did not direct the scenes of "Stab", the movie-within-a-movie. They were instead directed by the Scream 2's director, Wes Craven. This is why Rodriguez's name does not appear in the actual credits for the film, and only within the movie itself. [IMDB])
1999	From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money	Direct-to-video Executive producer
2004	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Composer

Television

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Executive Producer	Writer	Creator
1994	Roadracers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Television film
2014	El Mariachi	No	No	Story	No	Based on his film of the same name. [3] [4]
2014–2016	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directed 7 episodes Wrote episode: "Pilot"
2014–2016	The Director's Chair	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Also host and editor; Directed 12 episodes
2014	Matador	Yes	Yes	No	No	Directed 2 episodes
2014–2018	Lucha Underground	No	Yes	No	No
2018	Spy Kids: Mission Critical	No	Yes	No	Yes
2020	The Mandalorian [5]	Yes	No	No	No	Episode: "Chapter 14: The Tragedy"
2021	Rebel Without a Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School	No	Yes	No	Yes	Also host
2021–2022	The Book of Boba Fett	Yes	Yes	No	No	Directed 3 episodes [6] [7]

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
2022	"Off the Ground"	Haley Reinhart

See also

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

References

1. Wiseman, Andreas (August 21, 2019). "Priyanka Chopra Jonas To Star In Netflix Superhero Movie From 'Alita: Battle Angel' Director Robert Rodriguez". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 22, 2020.
2. Coggan, Devan (November 19, 2015). "John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez made a film that won't be released until 2115". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
3. "TELEVISIÓN Serie 'El Mariachi': La música vs el narcotráfico". nacion.com (in Spanish). March 9, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
4. ""El Mariachi", la serie colombiana que odia Robert Rodríguez. Con Martha Higareda e Iván Arana". sinembargo.mx (in Spanish). February 10, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
5. Rodriguez, Robert (May 4, 2020). "Robert Rodriguez". Twitter. Twitter.
6. Hibberd, James (December 16, 2021). "How 'The Book of Boba Fett' Will Shake Up 'Star Wars'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
7. Molly Edwards (May 10, 2023). "Robert Rodriguez reflects on his Star Wars experience". GamesRadar+. Retrieved May 14, 2025.

Bibliography

• "Robert Rodriguez Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved February 16, 2008.
• "Robert Rodriguez > Filmography". Allmovie . Retrieved February 16, 2008.

External links

• Robert Rodriguez filmography at IMDb