DGA? We don't need no stinkin' DGA! While Austin's cinematic secret weapon has resigned his membership in that catty director's club, fans of hi-octane moviemaking will no doubt be blown through the rear wall of the theatre upon seeing his upcoming adaptation of Frank Miller's cult comic Sin City, with assists from QT and Miller himself. Add to that Rodriguez's (with wife/producing partner Elizabeth Avellán) visionary work with his own Troublemaker Studios, Austin Studios, and his mad passion for hi-definition filmmaking and the limitless possibilities of CGI over traditional film stock and you've got one of the most important – and utterly hands-on – filmmakers since Chaplin. (Rumors that he'll be remaking City Lights as El Trampo Muerto appear sadly unfounded, however.)
