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Elizabeth Avellán
Elizabeth Avellán (Austin, Texas) co-founded Los Hooligans Productions with Robert Rodriguez in 1991. EL MARIACHI, winner of the Audience Award at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, launched Avellán’s career as a producer. Shortly after that film’s tremendous success, she produced other popular films, such as: DESPERADO, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and THE FACULTY. Avellán was also an executive producer on IN AND OUT OF FOCUS, a documentary about balancing motherhood and a career in the film business. Now Elizabeth is Vice-President of Troublemaker Studios, the production company that she and Rodriguez founded in 2000, which is based in Austin, Texas. Troublemaker Studios has since produced SPY KIDS, SPY KIDS 2: ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS, SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER & ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO. In 2005, Troublemaker released two very different films with great success: FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY and THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL in 3D. In addition, she executive produced SECUESTRO EXPRESS, a topical Venezuelan narrative about the dangerous trend of “express” kidnappings in her home country. Avellán’s latest releases include, GRINDHOUSE, a double feature that premiered in the Spring of 2007, along with independently producing THE TRUTH IN TERMS OF BEAUTY, an intimate look at the life of photographer Herman Leonard. Elizabeth is currently in pre-production of several projects and resides in Austin, TX.