AFF Honors Robert Rodriguez

Austin's favorite troublemaker to receive award

AFF Honors Robert Rodriguez
photo by Jana Birchum

The Austin Film Festival just announced this year’s recipient of the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award – a pretty familiar troublemaker in these environs.

Robert Rodriguez, writer/director/producer/composer/FX whiz/Troublemaker Films co-founder/ unstoppable hyphenate, will receive AFF’s 2010 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award, following in the footsteps of previous honorees Ron Howard, Danny Boyle, and Oliver Stone, to name a few. Rodriguez will accept the award at AFF’s Award Luncheon held on Saturday, October 23, 2010, at the Austin Club.

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