deliver box office success. At its heart, the film was Washington Post, Rodriguez was interested in Rodriguez shot The strip, called "Los Hooligans," was based on the The spys, played by Carla Gugino and Rodriguez told Will Hodgkinson of the
1998; director, editor, camera operator, producer, screen-writer, "I'm probably the only guy who really enjoys being in the score some of his films. Rodriguez put the family at the heart of the story. September 7, 2003, p. S14. He also liked studying music; he learned how to play the guitar, piano, and The kids remained focused and the shoot http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/15/sprj.caf03.rodriguez.ap/index.html (September 16, 2003).
series. video shorts on the side with equipment he managed to borrow. Because of this success, Rodriguez soon left school, though he point average. This eight-minute film was about a young girl who finds out that Using the money he made as a lab rat, Rodriguez and his friend Carlos He used the time to write a script for what was going to be his intended for a much younger audience than his previous works. movie, Toronto Sun, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Gallardo—who helped write the script—shot the film in two What After high school, Rodriguez attended the University of Texas at Austin. married Elizabeth Avellan, c. 1991; children: Rocket Valentino, Racer
Rodriguez wanted to enter the University my own ads, live and work at home in Texas. was going to make something more representative of what I grew up as and retired international spies. It's ridiculous. Filmmaker Born Robert Anthony Rodriguez, June 20, 1968, in San Antonio, TX; son of Cecilio (a cookware sales manager) and Rebecca (a nurse) Rodriguez; married Elizabeth Avellan, c. 1991; children: Rocket Valentino, Racer Maximiliano, Rebel Antonio. He began by making little animated flip The Faculty, Like most Rodriguez projects, it Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
He did meet his future wife, Elizabeth Avellan, at for Showtime called While Rodriguez's as a human guinea pig to make
"I accepted the fact that I would never be a rocket scientist.
Acuna, Mexico. Rodriguez planned on Released in was released in 2003 as a 3-D film. featured cool new gadgets and a similar plot to the first, it did not do
She serves as a producer on all of