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Elizabeth Avellán

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Elizabeth Avellán
Born
Elizabeth Avellán Veloz

(1960-11-08) November 8, 1960 (age 63)
Caracas, Venezuela
Other namesElizabeth Rodriguez
Occupation(s)Producer
animator
actress
Years active1991–present
Spouse
(m. 1990; sep. 2006)
Children6

Elizabeth Avellán Veloz (born November 8, 1960) is a Venezuelan-born American film producer.[1]

Biography

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Avellán was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Her grandfather, Gonzalo Veloz Mancera, created the first privately owned Venezuelan television station, Televisa.[1] As a teenager, she moved together with her family to Houston, United States, where she graduated from Rice University.

She first worked as an administrative associate for Gerhard Fonken, an executive vice president of the University of Texas. In 1994, to prepare for the production of Desperado, she took production classes at UCLA.[2]

She was the co-owner and vice president of Troublemaker Studios, the production company that she and her former husband, Robert Rodriguez, founded in 2000.[3] In 2009, she worked in the film Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock where she voiced the baby who was portrayed by Bianca Rodriguez. Avellán was also executive producer of In and Out of Focus, a documentary about balancing motherhood and a career in the film business.

In September 2019, she bought the remake rights of The Whistler to create an English-language franchise of the movie with her production company Eya Productions.[4] In January 2020, along with Rana Joy Glickman, Elizabeth Avellán Veloz launched the production company Tealhouse Entertainment. The Whistler franchise was to be produced by this new company.[5]

Other roles

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Awards

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Personal life

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From 1989 to 2007, Elizabeth Avellán Veloz was married to Robert Rodriguez, whom she had met at the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.[2] They have five children together.[3]

Filmography

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Crew work

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Year Film Credited as
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: The 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 in 3-D Yes
2005 Sin City: The Premiere Yes
2005 Starz on the Set: Sin City Yes
2005 Secuestro Express Yes
2005 Curandero Yes
2006 Hoodwinked! 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 Yes
2010 Machete Yes
2010 Predators Yes
2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Yes
2012 Angels Sing Yes
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Yes
2023 Spy Kids: Armageddon Yes

Acting

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Year Title Role Note
2009 Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock Baby (voice)

References

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  1. ^ a b 'Secuestro Express': Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on Venezuela's surprise hit
  2. ^ a b "The Power Couple—Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellan". Texas Monthly. 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. ^ a b c Joiner, Whitney (2007-09-30). "The Marriage Is Over, but the Show Goes On". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  4. ^ Hopewell, John (2019-09-05). "Elizabeth Avellan Acquires Remake Rights to 'The Whistler' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  5. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2020-01-27). "Sundance Alums Elizabeth Avellán & Rana Joy Glickman Launch Tealhouse". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  6. ^ Malik, Sumaiya (18 April 2019). "Elizabeth Avellán plants seeds of change through Connecther film fest". Austin 360. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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