罗伯特·罗德里格兹

罗伯特·安东尼·罗德里格兹（英语：Robert Anthony Rodríguez，/rɒˈdriːɡɛz/，1968年6月20日—），美国男导演、制片人、编剧、剪辑师、摄影指导、演员和作曲家。

他在墨西哥和他的家乡德克萨斯州制作而且拍摄了许多电影。早期的电影代表作为《杀手悲歌》（1992年），该片仅以7000美元的低预算而在上映后取得200万美元的票房。该片和续集《杀人三步曲》（1995年）、《墨西哥往事》（2003年）合称为“墨西哥三部曲”。

其他作品如《杀出个黎明》（1996年）、《老师不是人》（1998年）、《特务小子》（2001年）、《罪恶之城》（2005年）、《弯刀》（2010年）和《阿丽塔：战斗天使》（2019年）。

他是导演昆汀·塔伦蒂诺的朋友，他们时常合作，同时也是塔伦蒂诺的法外之徒制片公司的一员。

生平

1968年，罗德里格兹出生在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥，毕业于得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校。罗德里格兹是墨西哥血统，著名的演员丹尼·特乔是他的表亲。

Robert Anthony Rodriguez ( ro-DREE-ghez; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, actor, chef and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2.6 million ($5.5 million in 2023 dollars) against a budget of $7,000 ($14,937 in 2023 dollars). The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the Mexico Trilogy: Desperado (1995) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003).

Rodriguez directed From Dusk till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television series adaptation (2014–2016). He co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City (adapted from the graphic novel of the same name) and the 2014 sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

He is also the creator of the Spy Kids franchise, as well as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005), Planet Terror (2007), Machete (2010), We Can Be Heroes (2020), and also directed The Faculty (1998) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019).

Rodriguez is a close 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.

Early life

Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican parents Rebecca (née Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. He began his interest in film at age eleven, when his father bought one of the first VCRs, which came with a camera.

While attending St. Anthony High School Seminary in San Antonio, Rodriguez was commissioned to videotape the school's football games. According to his sister, he was fired soon afterward as he had shot footage in a cinematic style, getting shots of parents' reactions and the ball traveling through the air instead of shooting the whole play. In high school, he met Carlos Gallardo; they both shot films on video throughout high school and college.

Rodriguez went to the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also developed a love of cartooning. Not having grades high enough to be accepted into the school's film program, he created a daily comic strip entitled Los Hooligans. Many of the characters were based on his siblings – in particular, one of his sisters, Maricarmen. The comic ran for three years in the student newspaper The Daily Texan, while Rodriguez continued to make short films.

Rodriguez shot action and horror short films on video and edited on two VCRs. In late 1990, his entry in a local film contest earned him a spot in the university's film program. There he made the award-winning 16 mm short Bedhead (1991). The film chronicles the amusing misadventures of a young girl whose older brother sports an incredibly tangled mess of hair which she detests. Even at this early stage, Rodriguez's trademark style began to emerge: quick cuts, intense zooms, and fast camera movements deployed with a sense of humor.

Bedhead was recognized for excellence in the Black Maria Film Festival. It was selected by Film/Video Curator Sally Berger for the Black Maria 20th-anniversary retrospective at MoMA in 2006.