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Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

94

Movies

42

TV

4

Born
January 11, 1932
From
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Biography

Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.

Works

42 films

Coco

Coco

20178.2

¡Three Amigos!

¡Three Amigos!

19866.3

Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone

19846.8

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

19697.6

Used Cars

Used Cars

19806.4

El Topo

El Topo

19707.1

Tivoli

Tivoli

19757.0

Walker

Walker

19876.5

Committed

Committed

20004.8

Drunk Angry Idiot

Drunk Angry Idiot

20185.4

Posse

Posse

19756.1

Round

Round

19865.3

Glücksspirale

Glücksspirale

1970

...And Your Love Too

...And Your Love Too

19626.0

Picking Up the Pieces

Picking Up the Pieces

20004.3

Paradise

Paradise

19706.3

Run, Cougar, Run

Run, Cougar, Run

19726.2

Inspector Calzonzin

Inspector Calzonzin

19747.5

El aviso inoportuno

El aviso inoportuno

19697.9

Scandalous John

Scandalous John

19716.4

Música en la noche

Música en la noche

19586.7

Pedro Paramo

Pedro Paramo

19677.2

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

19884.6

There Are No Thieves in This Village

There Are No Thieves in This Village

19655.9

The Dead One

The Dead One

20075.1

Stones for Ibarra

Stones for Ibarra

19889.0

The Day Pedro Infante Died

The Day Pedro Infante Died

19825.0

Operación carambola

Operación carambola

19686.6

Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

20057.6

Nest of Virgins

Nest of Virgins

19725.6

I Heart Shakey

I Heart Shakey

20123.4

El águila descalza

El águila descalza

19715.8

Mojado Power

Mojado Power

19834.8

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

19705.8

Los pistolocos

Los pistolocos

19605.7

Trip to the Moon

Trip to the Moon

19586.0

Aunt Isabel's Garden

Aunt Isabel's Garden

19725.5

Camino largo a Tijuana

Camino largo a Tijuana

19916.7

Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

19706.0

Tres amigos

Tres amigos

19705.8

New faces

New faces

19566.7

Polvora En La Piel

Polvora En La Piel

19926.3