Troublemaker Studios
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| Type | Production company |
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| Industry | Film |
| Predecessor(s) | Los Hooligans Productions |
| Founded | 1991 (as Los Hooligans Productions) |
| Founder(s) | Robert Rodriguez Elizabeth Avellan |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
| Website | Official web site |
Troublemaker Studios is a film production company founded and owned by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avellan. The company is based in Austin, Texas and is located at the former site of the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. It also shares space with Austin Studios, which is managed by the Austin Film Society, and houses production offices, sound stages and the largest green screen in Texas.
The company's visual effects division, Troublemaker Digital, is also located at the site, and uses six-core AMD Opteron processors and FirePro graphics accelerators on many of its productions. A second facility, Troublemaker Sound, is located in the hill country outside of Austin. It provides post-production sound and editing facilities, including a mixing and dubbing sound stage powered by a large Pro Tools installation, and a full Avid Unity-based editing system.
Los Hooligans Productions
The company was founded in 1991 as Los Hooligans Productions, taking its name from Rodriguez's own comic strip, Los Hooligans, which he wrote and illustrated for three years while attending the University of Texas at Austin. Rodriguez chose the name so fans of the strip would recognize it when they saw his films. The company was reincorporated as Troublemaker Studios in 2000.
Los Hooligans Productions filmography:
- Bedhead (1991) (short film)
- El Mariachi (February 26, 1993) (distributed by Columbia Pictures)
- Desperado (August 25, 1995) (distributed by Columbia Pictures)
- From Dusk till Dawn (January 19, 1996) (co-production with A Band Apart; distributed by Dimension Films)
- The Faculty (December 25, 1998) (distributed by Dimension Films)
- From Dusk till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (March 16, 1999) (direct-to-video) (co-production with A Band Apart; distributed by Dimension Films and Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
- From Dusk till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (January 18, 2000) (direct-to-video) (co-production with A Band Apart; distributed by Dimension Films and Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Troublemaker Studios filmography
- Spy Kids (March 30, 2001) (distributed by Dimension Films)
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (August 7, 2002) (distributed by Dimension Films)
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (July 25, 2003) (distributed by Dimension Films)
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico (September 12, 2003) (distributed by Columbia Pictures and Dimension Films)
- Sin City (April 1, 2005) (distributed by Dimension Films)
- The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (June 10, 2005) (distributed by Dimension Films and Columbia Pictures)
- Grindhouse (April 6, 2007) (distributed by Dimension Films)
- Planet Terror (co-production with Rodriguez International Pictures)
- Death Proof
- Shorts (August 21, 2009) (co-production with Imagination Abu Dhabi and Media Rights Capital; distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Predators (July 9, 2010) (co-production with Davis Entertainment; distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Machete (September 3, 2010) (co-production with Overnight Productions; distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (August 19, 2011) (distributed by Dimension Films)
Upcoming films
- Machete Kills (September 13, 2013) (co-production with Quick Draw Productions, Overnight Productions, A.R. Films, Aldamisa Entertainment and 1821 Pictures; distributed by Open Road Films)
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (October 4, 2013) (co-production with Quick Draw Productions, A.R. Films, Aldamisa Entertainment, Solipsist Films and Miramax Films; distributed by Dimension Films)
External links
- Troublemaker Studios at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website Troublemaker Studios
- Official website Austin Studios
