Alvaro Rodriguez is a screenwriter who has co-authored the films SHORTS and MACHETE, both directed by Robert Rodriguez, as well as THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER, a prequel to FROM DUSK TILL DAWN. A frequent panelist and presenter at the Austin Film Festival, he has also curated an "Epoca de Oro" Mexican film series at the Museum of South Texas History and has presented on the smuggled subtext(s) in MACHETE at South Texas College. His border-influenced short fiction has appeared in multiple publications both physical and digital, including ALONG THE RIVER (edited by David Bowles, 2001) and AFTER DEATH (edited by Eric J Guinad, 2013). He is currently developing a television series for Robert Rodriguez's nascent EL REY television network while juggling fatherhood and family in along the South Texas border.