“I’m probably the only director who always has a guitar on his set”: Robert Rodriguez, the filmmaker behind From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City and Spy Kids, lifts the lid on his guitar collection – including two guitars previously owned by Stevie Ray Vaughan

Robert Rodriguez on the set of the From Dusk Till Dawn TV show in 2014.

When you think of movie directors, you probably think of a bullhorn-wielding figure, script in one hand, camera in the other. Now, add a guitar slung casually across their shoulder, and you’ve got Robert Rodriguez. The Texas-born filmmaker is the director behind cult classics like From Dusk Till Dawn and Planet Terror, as well as box-office smash hits like Sin City and the family-friendly Spy Kids franchise – and he’s just as passionate about guitars as he is about making movies.

While many film fans know him for his flicks, fewer may know him as a keen guitar player – although guitars are featured heavily in his works. Take his Mexico Trilogy – El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico – where a wandering, guitar case-carrying musician named El Mariachi takes on the bad guys.