Robert Rodriguez Filmography

Madman

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Michael Allred's quirky superhero Madman finally is being brought to the screen by producer Robert Rodriguez and his Troublemaker Studios shingle. The modern tale is an eye-popping riff on the Frankenstein myth, wherein a dead car-crash victim is reincarnated by mad scientists and stitched back Read More

Red Sonja

Crew: Presented by, Producer

Actors: Rose McGowan

Synopsis: Rose McGowan steps into the boots of Robert E. Howard's female warrior character, Red Sonja, in this Nu Image/Millennium Films production. Robert Rodriguez handles producing duties in this revamp of the barbarian babe whose tale was last seen on the screen in 1985's tongue-in-cheek outing starring Brigitte Neilsen Read More

Shorts

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Screenwriter, Visual Effects Supervisor

Actors: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader

Synopsis: A suburban boy gets everything he wishes for after being bonked in the head with a rainbow-tinted rock in this family comedy from writer/director Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids). Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, and James Spader topline the cast, which also includes Jimmy Bennett, Kat Read More

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Grindhouse

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, Zoe Bell, Vanessa Ferlito, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Synopsis: Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino and Sin City director Robert Rodriguez join forces to offer a cinematic tribute to the blood-soaked exploitation epics of yesteryear with this hyper-violent coupling of two full-length features punctuated by a collection of outrageous trailers. The first Read More

Death Proof

Crew: Producer

Actors: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan

Synopsis: In Death Proof -- director Tarantino's take on such peddle-to-the-metal shockers as White Line Fever -- Kurt Russell stars as an engine-revving psychopath who prefers to take out his beautiful victims at 200 mph. Originally released into theaters on a double bill with Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror Read More

Planet Terror

Crew: Cinematographer, Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Producer, Re-Recording Mixer, Screenwriter

Actors: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey

Synopsis: Maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez details the violent struggle between a ravenous army of zombie-like humanoids who have taken control of the planet and the remaining survivors who refuse to go down without a fight. A dangerous government experiment has unleashed an abominable contamination that Read More

Machete

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Danny Trejo, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin

The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl

Crew: Cinematographer, Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter, Special Effects Supervisor

Actors: Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, George Lopez, David Arquette, Kristin Davis

Synopsis: Writer and director Robert Rodriguez returns to the family-friendly adventure of his Spy Kids movies with this three-dimensional action opus. Max (Cayden Boyd) is a ten-year-old boy who doesn't get along with his peers and is constantly bullied at school. But Max has an active imagination, and he Read More

Sin City

Crew: Cinematographer, Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Visual Effects Supervisor

Actors: Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Rosario Dawson

Synopsis: The Eisner Award-winning comic series Sin City comes to life in this live-action feature adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and creator Frank Miller. Interweaving multiple storylines from the series' history, this violent crime noir paints the picture of the ultimate town without pity Read More

Champion

Actors: Danny Trejo

Curandero

Crew: Screenwriter

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu

Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino's sprawling homage to action films of both the East and the West reaches its conclusion in this continuation of 2003's ultra-violent Kill Bill Vol. 1. Having dispatched several of her arch-enemies in the first film, The Bride (Uma Thurman) continues in Kill Bill Vol. 2 on her Read More

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Visual Effects Supervisor

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, Rubén Blades, Willem Dafoe

Synopsis: Director Robert Rodriguez returns to the characters of his breakthrough hits El Mariachi and Desperado in this grand scale south-of-the-border action-adventure saga. Sands (Johnny Depp) is a rogue CIA agent who is working in cahoots with Mexican officials who've caught wind of a plan by corrupt Read More

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Crew: Cinematographer, Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Producer, Production Designer, Screenwriter, Visual Effects

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalban

Synopsis: The first American theatrically released 3-D movie from a major studio since 1991's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is the third entry in three years in Robert Rodriguez's family-oriented action-adventure series. Along with the four members of the Cortez family, played Read More

Del Castillo Live

Crew: Cinematographer, Editor

Synopsis: Guitar wizard Del Castillo performs a number of fan favorites in this release of a performance captured live at Steamboat in Austin, Texas by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Crew: Cinematographer, Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Producer, Production Designer, Screenwriter, Visual Effects Supervisor

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara

Synopsis: The prepubescent, globetrotting, super-spy sibling duo from director Robert Rodriguez's surprise 2001 hit Spy Kids is back to save the world for a second time in this bigger-budget, larger-scale sequel. Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams opens with our heroes Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Read More

Law & Order: Open Season

Actors: Fred Dalton Thompson

Synopsis: While celebrating his most recent courtroom victory, in which an accused cop killer was set free, a prominent attorney is gunned down. Though Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) are none too unhappy that the lawyer is out of commission, they dutifully investigate the murder Read More

Spy Kids

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Visual Effects Supervisor

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming

Synopsis: In this reteaming of actor Antonio Banderas and director Robert Rodriguez -- their first film together since the 1995 feature Desperado -- Banderas plays Gregorio; he and devoted partner Ingrid (Carla Gugino), comprise the greatest pair of secret agents working. Both are masters of disguise and Read More

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Ara Celi, Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks

Synopsis: An outlaw who recently defied death by escaping his noose is on the run with his gang and the daughter of his intended executioner in this prequel to the 1996 series original, From Dusk Til Dawn. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Faculty

Crew: Director, Editor, Producer

Actors: Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Clea Duvall, Jordana Brewster

Synopsis: Miramax Films darlings Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Kevin Williamson teamed up for a high-school alien-horror film that they described as The Breakfast Club meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Dilapidated Herrington High is the location for a story about a school faculty taken over by Read More

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Crew: Producer

Actors: Bruce Campbell, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Robert Patrick, Bo Hopkins, Muse Watson

Synopsis: This sequel attempts to ape the inventive blend of horror, comedy, and crime melodrama of its predecessor, with some creative direction by actor Sam Spiegel, a protégé of Sam Raimi. Buck (Robert Patrick) is a former bank robber who's being watched closely by Sheriff Lawson (Bo Hopkins). Lawson's Read More

Full-Tilt Boogie

Actors: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Harvey Keitel

Synopsis: The filmization of Quentin Tarantino's first script, with television actor George Clooney in his first starring feature-film role, Robert "El Mariachi" Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) was a campy action horror thriller that became a major box-office hit. This off-beat documentary from Sarah Kelly Read More

Mimic

Crew: Second Unit Director

Actors: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton

Synopsis: While one would imagine that the average New Yorker would be used to dealing with bugs after years of apartment dwelling, a scientific experiment gone wrong results in an insect that even Raid can't handle in this sci-fi/horror thriller. In Manhattan, cockroaches are spreading a deadly disease Read More

From Dusk Till Dawn

Crew: Director, Editor, Executive Producer

Actors: George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Cheech Marin

Synopsis: In this action-horror flick from director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, Tarantino stars with George Clooney as a pair of bad-to-the-bone brothers named Seth and Richie Gecko. After a string of robberies that left a river of blood in the Geckos' wake, the sadistic siblings Read More

Four Rooms

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Tim Roth, Valeria Golino, Jennifer Beals, Antonio Banderas, Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Four of the most celebrated directors in the independent film community pooled their talents for this episodic comedy. Ted (Tim Roth) is the new bellboy at a beautiful but decaying luxury hotel; he is not having a good time of it on New Year's Eve, his first night on the job. In one room, a coven Read More

Desperado

Crew: Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Director Robert Rodriguez picks up where his successful independent debut El Mariachi left off with this slam-bang South of the Border action saga. Bucho (Joaquim DeAlmeida) is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules a seedy Mexican border town. Bucho and his men make the Read More

Roadracers

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi) was a last-minute replacement for Showtime's Rebel series and after the first viewing, his Roadracers was immediately bumped to the top of the list. This melodramatic tale of rebel youth fighting to get out of a dead-end town is often times enjoyable and Read More

El Mariachi

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Reinol Martinez, Peter Marquardt

Synopsis: Filmed in two weeks on a budget of 7,000 dollars, El Mariachi was one of the singular pleasures of the 1993-1994 movie season. Kind-spirited guitarist El Mariachi (Carlos M. Gallardo) simply wants to wander through life as his father and grandfather did, with a song in his heart and a smile on his Read More

Bedhead

Crew: Animator, Cinematographer, Composer (Music Score), Director, Screenwriter, Sound Effects Director

Synopsis: A bump on the head gives a young girl (Rebecca Rodriguez) psychic powers which she uses to strike back at her brother (David Rodriguez). ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Operacion Marijuana

Crew: Producer

Actors: Mario Almada, Narciso Busquets, José Carlos Ruiz, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Synopsis: The mere fact of a marijuana plantation in the Mexican state of Chihuahua might not be enough to upset many, and many factors contribute to escalating lawlessness of the gangsters who cultivate and sell the drug. The plantation in question was much too large for the Mexican authorities to ignore Read More