Biography
Elizabeth Avellán Veloz (born November 8, 1960) is a Venezuelan-born American film producer. Avellán was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Her grandfather, Gonzalo Veloz Mancera, created the first privately owned Venezuelan television station, Televisa. 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.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. 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. 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.
Filmography
all 34
Movies 34
Producer 29
self 3
Director 2
Switch Up (2024)
Deadland (2023)
Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)
The Hip Hop Nutcracker (2022)
Wedding of a Lifetime (2022)
The Blazing World (2021)
Also Starring Austin (2018)
Angels Sing (2013)
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012)
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
No Way Out (2011)
Machete (2010)
Predators (2010)
Shorts (2009)
Death Proof (2007)
Planet Terror (2007)
Machete (2007)
Grindhouse (2007)
Lost Angels (2006)
Curandero (2005)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
Sin City (2005)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Spy Kids (2001)
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
The Faculty (1998)
Full Tilt Boogie (1998)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Desperado (1995)
El Mariachi (1993)
Don't You Go Nowhere
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GenderFemale
Birthday1960-11-08 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceCaracas, Venezuela
RelationshipsRobert Rodriguez (1990-07-09 - 2008-04-12)
ChildrenRhiannon Rodriguez, Rogue Rodriguez, Rocket Rodriguez, Racer Rodriguez, Rebel Rodriguez
CitizenshipsMexico City, Venezuela, Chile, United States of America
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