罗伯特·罗德里格兹出生并成长于美国德克萨斯州的圣安东尼奥。很早的时候，他就表现出了对卡通和电影制作的兴趣，并全心全意地投入他这个爱好中去。最后，他终于可以制作真正地电影了，第一部就是《杀手悲歌》，这部电影让他成为了一个传奇式的低成本独立电影制作人。他后来的事业对于年轻的电影制作人来说是一个象征，只要你勇敢的走自己的路，即使最狂野，最不可能的梦也能实现。从那以后，罗伯特·罗德里格兹已经编剧、导演或制作了十多部影片，比如《暴徒》，《杀出个黎明》，《本领》，还有《儿童特工》，《墨西哥往事》等等。
Robert Anthony Rodríguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his native Texas. He has directed successful and groundbreaking film sagas such as the Mexico Trilogy, From Dusk till Dawn and the 2014 TV series, 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 TV channel, El Rey