Robert Rodriguez wrote a fun book about the making of his first feature film (El Mariachi) and how he saved up the money to finance it. On the strength of that

Robert Rodriguez wrote a fun book about the making of his first feature film (El Mariachi) and how he saved up the money to finance it. On the strength of that he got a contract with Columbia Pictures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Crew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Crew