Editing Robert Rodriguez (section)

==Style==
[[File:Rodriguez, Robert (2007).jpg|thumb|Rodriguez in 2007]]

Rodriguez not only has the credits of producing, directing and writing his films, he also frequently serves as [[Film editing#Film editor|editor]], [[director of photography]], [[camera operator]], [[steadicam]] operator, composer, [[production designer]], visual effects supervisor, and [[Sound editor (filmmaking)|sound editor]] on his films. This has earned him the nickname of "the one-man film crew". He abbreviates his numerous roles in his film credits; ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'', for instance, is "shot, chopped, and scored by Robert Rodriguez", and ''Sin City'' is "shot and cut by Robert Rodriguez".

He calls his style of making movies "Mariachi-style" (in reference to his first feature film ''El Mariachi'') in which (according to the back cover of his book ''Rebel Without a Crew'') "Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems." He prefers to work at night, spending his day-time hours with his kids, when they're home, and says that he believes many creative people are "[[Night owl (person)|night people]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1185057|title=Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez|website=NPR.org}}</ref>

In his 2006 book ''[[The DV Rebel's Guide]]'', [[Stu Maschwitz]] coined the term "Robert Rodriguez list", i.e. the filmmaker compiling a list of things they have access to like cool cars, apartments, horses, samurai swords and so on, and then writing the screenplay based on that list.<ref name="DVReb" />

Rodriguez wrote a blurb for the book that stated:
<blockquote>I'd been wanting to write a book for the new breed of digital filmmakers, but now I don't have to.  My pal and fellow movie maker Stu Maschwitz has compressed years of experience into this thorough guide.  Don't make a movie without reading this book!<ref name="DVReb">{{cite book|last1=Maschwitz|first1=Stu|title=The DV rebel's guide : an all-digital approach to making killer action movies on the cheap|date=2007|publisher=Peachpit Press|location=Berkeley, CA|isbn=978-0321413642|page=back cover}}</ref></blockquote>