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rodriguez 2014 at the 2014 san diego comic-con , july -lsb- http://www.troublemakerstudios.com/ troublemaker studios -rsb- 1991 -- present san antonio , texas , u.s. robert rodríguez 20 june 1968 '' '' spy kids '' , '' sin city '' , el '' grindhouse '' , '' machete '' mariachi '' , '' desperado '' , elizabeth avellán -lrb- 1990 -- 2006 -rrb- robert rodriguez sdcc 2014.jpg robert rodriguez
 st. anthony catholic high school robert anthony rodríguez rose mcgowan -lrb- 2007 -- 09 -rrb- film editor , cinematographer , musician , actor director , film producer , screenwriter , film college of communication university of texas
robert rodriguez

robert anthony rodríguez -lrb- born june 20 , 1968 -rrb- is an american film director , screenwriter , producer , cinematographer , editor , cartoonist and musician .
he shoots and produces many of his films in mexico and texas , his home state .
he has directed successful and groundbreaking film sagas such as the `` mexico trilogy '' -lrb- consisting of `` el mariachi '' , `` desperado '' and `` once upon a time in mexico '' -rrb- , `` from dusk till dawn '' and the 2014 , and the `` spy kids '' films , as well as `` the faculty '' , `` the adventures of sharkboy and lavagirl in 3-d '' , `` sin city '' , `` planet terror '' and `` machete '' .
he is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker quentin tarantino .
in december 2013 , rodriguez launched his own cable television channel , el rey .
