Other names Elizabeth Rodriguez Role Film producer | Name Elizabeth Avellan Years active 1991–present | |
 | ||
Full Name Elizabeth Avellan Veloz Occupation produceranimatoractress Children Rebel Rodriguez, Racer Rodriguez, Rhiannon Elizabeth Rodriguez, Rocket Valentin Rodriguez, Rogue Rodriguez Movies Spy Kids, Machete, Grindhouse, Sin City, Spy Kids: All the Ti Similar People Robert Rodriguez, Electra Avellan, Rebel Rodriguez, Bob Weinstein, Daryl Sabara | ||
Interview with spy kids 4d producer elizabeth avellan
Elizabeth Avellán Veloz (born November 8, 1960) is a Venezuelan-born American film producer.
Contents
Elizabeth Avellán: SXSW +SocialGood 2015
Life and career
Avellán was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Her grandfather, Gonzalo Veloz Mancera, created the first privately owned Venezuelan television station, Televisa. As a teenager, she and her family moved to Houston, United States, where she attended Rice University.
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.
Personal life
She married Robert Rodriguez in 1990, and the couple had five children together: sons Rocket Valentino (born 1995), Racer Maximiliano (born 1997), Rebel Antonio (born 1999), and Rogue Joaquin (born 2004), and daughter Rhiannon Elizabeth (born 2005). In April 2006, Avellán and Rodriguez announced plans to separate after sixteen years of marriage, and have since divorced.
