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Elizabeth Avellán
Elizabeth Avellán
Born	Elizabeth Avellán-Veloz; November 8, 1960 (age 49); Caracas, Venezuela
Other name(s)	Elizabeth Rodriguez
Occupation	producer; animator; actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Robert Rodriguez (1990 - 2006)

Elizabeth Avellán-Veloz^[1] (born 8 November 1960) is an American film producer.

[edit] Early life

Avellán was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Her grandfather, Gonzalo Veloz Mancera, created the first privately-owned Venezuelan television station, Televisa.^[1] She and her family moved to Houston, Texas, as a teenager, where she attended Rice University.

[edit] Movie career

She is the current co-owner and vice president of Troublemaker Studios, the production company that she and her former husband, Robert Rodriguez, founded in 2000. Avellán was also executive producer of In and Out of Focus, a documentary about balancing motherhood and a career in the film business.

[edit] Films

Year	Film	Credited as
Year	Film	Producer	Actress	Animator	Other
1991	Bedhead			Yes	Yes
1992	El Mariachi	Yes			Yes
1995	Desperado	Yes
1996	From Dusk Till Dawn	Yes
1997	Full Tilt Boogie				Yes
1997	Real Stories of the Donut Men	Yes
1998	The Faculty	Yes
1999	From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money	Yes
1999	From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter	Yes
1999	Outside Providence				Yes
2000	Hollywood Goes to Hell				Yes
2001	Spy Kids	Yes
2002	In & Out of Focus				Yes
2002	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams	Yes
2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Yes
2003	VH1: All Access				Yes
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Yes
2005	Sin City	Yes
2005	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D	Yes
2005	Sin City: The Premiere				Yes
2005	Starz on the Set: Sin City				Yes
2005	Secuestro express	Yes
2005	Curandero	Yes
2007	Truth in Terms of Beauty	Yes
2007	Grindhouse	Yes
2007	Death Proof	Yes
2007	Planet Terror	Yes
2008	The Kids of Widney High	Yes
2008	Santos	Yes
2009	Entre líneas	Yes
2009	Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock	Yes
2010	Machete	Yes
2010	Predators	Yes
2010	Sin City 2	Yes
2011	Madman	Yes
2012	Sin City 3	Yes

[edit] Personal life

She married Rodriguez in 1990, and the couple had five children together: sons Rocket Valentino (b. 14 September 1995), Racer Maximilliano (b. 16 April 1997), Rebel Antonio (b. January 1999), and Rogue Joaquin, and daughter Rhiannon Elizabeth (b. 10 December 2005). In April 2006, Avellán and Rodriguez announced plans to separate after sixteen years of marriage, and have since divorced.^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b 'Secuestro Express': Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on Venezuela's surprise hit
^ Joyner, Whitney (2007). "The Marriage Is Over, but the Show Goes On". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/movies/30join.html. Retrieved 2007-07-06.

[edit] External links

Elizabeth Avellan at the Internet Movie Database

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[ref1-0] 'Secuestro Express': Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on Venezuela's surprise hit

[The_Marriage_Is_Over.2C_but_the_Show_Goes_On-1] Joyner, Whitney (2007). "The Marriage Is Over, but the Show Goes On". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/movies/30join.html. Retrieved 2007-07-06.

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