Alfonso Arau
Alfonso Arau (born January 11, 1932 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican actor , film producer and director .
Arau is considered one of the most successful contemporary cineastes in Mexico, both in front of and behind the camera. After training under Seki Sano as well as Étienne Decroux and Jacques Lecoq in Paris , he traveled the world with the pantomime show Happy Madness from 1964 to 1968 .
In his first film El águila descalza (English: The Barefoot Eagle , in German for example: "The barefoot eagle") from 1969 he was active as an actor and director. He became known in Germany for the 1994 film adaptation of Laura Esquivels novel Como agua para chocolate . His last production to date, Zapata (2004), received very different reviews of critics.
Filmography
Direction, selection
- 1969: El águila descalza
- 1981: Mojado Power
- 1986: Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
- 1994: Bittersweet chocolate (Como agua para chocolate)
- 1995: So close to heaven (Un paseo por las nubes / A walk in the clouds)
- 2000: I only took apart my wife (Picking up the pieces)
- 2004: Zapata: El sueño de un héroe
- 2010: The Trick in the Sheet
actor
- 1962: ... and your love too
- 1969: The Wild Bunch (The Wild Bunch)
- 1970: El Topo
- 1971: Cowboy John - The Last Hero in the Wild West (Scandalous John)
- 1975: Men of the Law (Posse)
- 1979: Mojado Power
- 1984: The Hunt for the Green Diamond (Romancing the Stone)
- 1986: ¡Three amigos! (¡Three Amigos!)
- 1987: Walker
- 1987: Miami Vice Family Ties (Season 4)
- 2017: Coco - more alive than life! ( Coco , voice)
literature
- Perla Ciuk: Diccionario de directores del cine mexicano . Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico DF 2000, ISBN 970-18-5590-6 . (Spanish)
Web links
- Alfonso Arau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arau, Alfonso |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arau Incháustegui, Alfonso |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican actor, producer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico City , Mexico |