17 Directors who cast their family members in their own movies

BAM Hosts Barbie Screening and Q & A With Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, and Tony Kushner - Source: Getty
BAM Hosts Barbie Screening and Q & A With Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, and Tony Kushner - Source: Getty

8. Robert Rodriguez

'Fools Rush In' Santa Monica Premiere - Source: Getty
'Fools Rush In' Santa Monica Premiere - Source: Getty

Robert Rodriguez has worked with his children in the films Spy Kids and also Rebel Rodriguez for the lead of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). Rebel, along with his brother Racer Max, made the series uniquely family-oriented, as Robert and his family usually work together for films that focus on teamwork and being a family unit. Rebel continued to pursue an acting and film-making career in We Can Be Heroes (2020). This characteristic defined their approach to their cinema work as a unique, family-run creative process.

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