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Rodríguez was born as the son of Mexican-American parents in San Antonio, Texas. His mother is a nurse named Rebecca (née Villegas), and his father is a salesman named Cecilio G. Rodríguez. He started his interest in film at age eleven when his father bought one of the first VCRs that came with a camera.
Rodriguez went to the University of Texas at Austin's College of Communication. Here, he developed a love of cartooning. Rodriguez did not have high grades to get accepted into the school's film program. He made a daily comic strip entitled Los Hooligans with the characters based on his siblings. The comic appeared for three years in The Daily Texan, the student newspaper. While doing this, Rodríguez continued to make short films.
Rodriguez does not only write but also direct and produce his films. He also serves as the movies' Steadicam operator, composer, production designer, visual effects supervisor, editor, director of photography, camera operator, and sound editor. That is the reason why people gave him the nickname "the one-man film crew." Rodriguez shot, chopped, and scored the film Once Upon a Time in Mexico and cut and shot the movie Sin City. Because of this, he now has a net worth of around $50 million.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2014 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For |
$13,760,000 |
2013 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Machete Kills |
$15,000,000 |
2011 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Spy Kids: All the Time in the World |
$38,540,000 |
2010 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Machete |
$26,590,000 |
2009 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Shorts |
$20,000,000 |
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Grindhouse |
$25,000,000 |
2005 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D |
$39,000,000 |
2005 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Sin City |
$74,000,000 |
2003 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico |
$56,360,000 |
2003 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Spy Kids 3D: Game Over |
$111,760,000 |
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams |
$85,850,000 |
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Spy Kids |
$147,000,000 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Faculty |
$40,000,000 |
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie From Dusk till Dawn |
$25,800,000 |
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Four Rooms |
$4,250,000 |
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Desperado |
$25,400,000 |
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie El Mariachi |
$2,000,000 |