The award-winning director was born and raised in San Antonio, but was claimed by Austin as our own since the early Nineties when he made a big splash at UT. His first movie, El Mariachi, had a worldwide theatrical release and became the lowest-budget movie ever released by a major studio. Since then, he has dazzled with From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado, the Spy Kids series, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Sin City. Rodriguez is also an Advisory Board member of the Austin Film Society and a beloved citizen.
