Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player

Named One of The Hollywood Reporter's "100 Greatest Film Books of All Time"

Famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, Machete) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film El Mariachi on a shoestring budget.

This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. Part production diary, part how-to manual, Rodriguez unveils how he was able to make his influential first film on only a $7,000 budget. Also included is the appendix, "The Ten Minute Film Course," a tell-all on how to save thousands of dollars on film school and teach yourself the ropes of film production, directing, and screenwriting.

A perfect gift for the aspiring filmmaker.

Author: Robert Rodriguez
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 09/01/1996
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.42w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780452271876
ISBN10: 0452271878
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Performing Arts | Film | Direction & Production
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs

About the Author
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ is an independent screenwriter and director of more than fifteen feature films. He pioneered the "Mariachi-style" and "one-man film crew" styles of filmmaking, and is the founder of the production company, Troublemaker Studios. Some of Rodriguez's films include Sin City, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, The Faculty, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Spy Kids, Planet Terror, and Machete. He has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on From Dusk Till Dawn and Grindhouse.