Alfonso Arau
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-01-11
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Images
Cast
...And Your Love Too
1962
5.20
¡Three Amigos!
1986
6.32
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
4.20
Romancing the Stone
1984
6.75
El Topo
1970
7.04
Paradise
1970
5.70
Posse
1975
6.03
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
5.60
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
7.67
The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982
4.50
Scandalous John
1971
6.13
Trip to the Moon
1958
5.80
I Heart Shakey
2012
3.40
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
5.00
The Wild Bunch
1969
7.59
The Dead One
2007
5.00
Stones for Ibarra
1988
0.00
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
3.75
New faces
1956
5.00
Nest of Virgins
1972
5.53
Mojado Power
1981
3.50
Los pistolocos
1960
5.00
Committed
2000
4.81
Used Cars
1980
6.39
El águila descalza
1971
5.50
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
5.40
Operación carambola
1968
6.60
El aviso inoportuno
1969
7.79
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
5.32
Pedro Paramo
1967
7.20
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
5.80
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
5.00
Coco
2017
8.20
Tivoli
1975
6.80
Walker
1987
6.40
Tres amigos
1970
5.50
Polvora En La Piel
1992
5.00
Glücksspirale
1970
0.00