Zachary Ingle

Robert Rodriguez: Interviews - Conversations with Filmmakers Series Zachary Ingle

Marc Notes: Includes filmography.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chronology -- Filmography -- A Borrowed Camera, $7,000, and a Dream / Gregg Barrios/1993 -- Mr. Mariachi / Kenneth Korman/1993 -- A Killer Sequel / Jason Cohen/1995 -- From Rags to Riches / Michael Haile/I995 -- The Reformation of a Rebel Without a Crew / Rustin Thompsom/1995 -- The Power Couple: Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellan / Joe Nick Patoski/1998 -- Before Dusk Till Dawn / Jon Keeyes/1998 -- The Faculty / Jon Keeyes/1999 -- The Mariachi Aesthetic Goes to Hollywood / Charles Ramirez Berg/2000 -- Deep in the Heart of Action / Christian Divine/2001 -- Robert Rodriguez / Keith Phipps/2002 -- A Digital Desperado / Brian McKernan, Bob Zahn/2002 -- Secret Agents and Desperadoes / Christian Divine/2002 -- Working at the Speed of Thought / Jody Duncan/2003 -- Robert Rodriguez's New Toy / Mel Rodriguez/2003 -- Moving in Stereo / Phil Lopiccolo/2003 -- I'm Able to Write the Score as I'm Shooting the Script / Leila Cobo/2003 -- Once Upon a Time in Moviemaking / David Hochman/2003 -- Triplets in Sin / John Allina/2005 -- Finding Redemption / Lisa Y. Garibay/2005 -- Double Trouble / Ann Donahue/2007 -- Moving at the Speed of Thought / Brian O'Hare/2008 -- Exclusive Interview: Robert Rodriguez Talks Shorts / Silas Lesnick/2009 -- Two Days at the World's Coolest Studio / Nick De Semlyen/20I0 -- Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal Talk Predators / Peter Sciretta/2010 -- Robert Rodriguez, Film Director / Stephen Applebaum/2010 -- Additional Resources -- Index. Publisher Marketing: Rogue filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (b. 1968) rocketed to fame with his ultra-low-budget film "El Mariachi" (1992). The Spanish-language action film, and the making-of book that accompanied it, were inspirational to filmmakers trying to work with the most meager of resources. Rodriguez embodies the postmodern auteur, maintaining a firm control of his projects by not only writing and producing his films, but also editing, shooting, composing, as well as working with the visual effects. He was one of the first American filmmakers to wholeheartedly adopt digital filmmaking, now the norm. "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" (2003) helped bring back 3-D to mainstream theatres. He is as comfortable making family films (the "Spy Kids" series) as action ("Sin City") and horror films ("Planet Terror"). He has maintained his guerilla filmmaking approach, despite increasing budgets, choosing to work outside of Hollywood and even founding his own studio (Troublemaker Studios) in Austin, Texas. He has also arguably become the most successful Latino filmmaker. In this, the first book devoted to Rodriguez, interviews and articles from 1993 to 2010 reveal a filmmaker passionate about making films on his own terms. He addresses the subjects central to his life and work: guerilla filmmaking, the digital revolution, his family, and his disdain for Hollywood. An easy and frank subject, these portraits depict the rebel director at his most candid, forging a path for others to break free from Hollywood hegemony.

Contributor Bio:  Ingle, Zachary Zachary Ingle is a Ph. D. student in film and media studies at the University of Kansas. His work has been published in "Literature/Film Quarterly" and "Journal of American Culture."