Rebel Without a Crew (subtitle: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player) is a 1995 non-fiction book by Robert Rodriguez. The book chronicles the origin, production and eventual success of Rodriguez's debut feature, a 1992 crime thriller called El Mariachi.[1]
Later editions of the book also feature one of Rodriguez's tutorials on low-budget filmmaking (Ten Minute Film School) and the screenplay to El Mariachi.[2]
Influence
Considered one of the best books on filmmaking[3] and is considered an inspiration to many independent filmmakers.
Film adaptation
A section of the book was loosely adapted by Rodriguez himself as the 2019 film Red 11.[4]
