Robert Rodriguez

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About

Robert Rodriguez is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He is known for his success with low budgets, including SIn City, Machete, and Grindhouse among others. He is also infamous for his family movies, including the Spy Kids Series, and Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Due to the low quality, and cheesiness of his family movies, he has gained an ironic following online, gaining memes including Somebody Ring the Dinkster, and He Ruined My Dream Journal.

Origin

Rodriguez started gaining interest in film at the age of 11, after receiving a VCR and a camera ^[1] . Rodriguez's first film, El Mariachi was made with a budget of $7000, which won the Sundance Film Festival audience award in 1993, and was bought by Columbia Pictures for American distribution. Rodriguez continued the series with 2 sequels, all three with generally favorable reviews.