Alfonso Arau
Acting
- Born:
- 1932-01-11
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Drunk Angry Idiot
Coco
I Heart Shakey
The Dead One
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Picking Up the Pieces
Committed
Polvora En La Piel
Camino largo a Tijuana
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
The Marked Hour
Stones for Ibarra
Walker
¡Three Amigos!
Round
227
Miami Vice
Romancing the Stone
Mojado Power
The Day Pedro Infante Died
Used Cars
Tivoli
Posse
Inspector Calzonzin
Nest of Virgins
Run, Cougar, Run
Aunt Isabel's Garden
El águila descalza
Scandalous John
El Topo
Paradise
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Glücksspirale
Tres amigos
The Wild Bunch
El aviso inoportuno
Operación carambola
Pedro Paramo
There Are No Thieves in This Village
...And Your Love Too
Los pistolocos
Trip to the Moon
Música en la noche
New faces
Gunsmoke
Hallmark Hall of Fame