Elizabeth Avellán Veloz (born November 8, 1960) is a Venezuelan-born American film producer.'Secuestro Express': Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on Venezuela's surprise hit
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Biography

Avellán was born in

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. Her grandfather, Gonzalo Veloz Mancera, created the first privately owned Venezuelan television station,

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. As a teenager, she moved together with her family to

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, where she graduated from

Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University, is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, the university spans 300 acres. Rice University comp ...

. 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 Robert Anthony Rodriguez ( ; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 ...

, founded in 2000. In 2009, she worked in the film '' Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock'' where she voiced the baby who was portrayed by Bianca Rodriguez. 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.

Other roles

* Member of the

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Awards

* 2007: Texas Film Hall of Fame Ann Richards Award

Personal life

From 1989 to 2007, Elizabeth Avellán Veloz was married to Robert Rodriguez, whom she had met at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

in 1988. They have five children together.

Filmography

Crew work

Acting

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Avellan, Elizabeth 1960 births Living people Rice University alumni Venezuelan emigrants to the United States Mass media people from Houston Film producers from Texas American women film producers Mass media people from Caracas