Rebel Without a Crew
Rebel Without a Crew is a 1995 non-fiction book by Robert Rodriguez. Presented in a diary format, Rebel details Rodriguez's beginnings as a young filmmaker, his stint at a medical testing facility to raise money for a feature film, the making of that film for $7,000, and his subsequent experiences in Hollywood selling the film and going to film festivals promoting it.
Later editions of the book also feature one of Rodriguez's tutorials on low-budget filmmaking and the screenplay to El Mariachi.Influence
Rodriguez' rags-to-riches story, detailed in Rebel, as well as his vociferous support of low-budget techniques to allow anyone to make a movie cheaply, have made him an icon of modern independent filmmaking.The book was adapted for the 2019 film Red 11, which was written and directed by Rodriguez.
