Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 17, 1929
Place of Birth
Tocopilla, Chile
Credits
67 titles
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Biography
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, known as Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, composer and writer with a large cult following. Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation." His most notable works include El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), all of which have had limited release but achieved popularity amongst various countercultural groups. He has cited the filmmaker Federico Fellini as his primary cinematic influence, and has been described as an influence on such figures as Marilyn Manson and David Lynch. After a failed attempt to return to filmmaking with a film entitled King Shot starring Marilyn Manson and produced by David Lynch, Alejandro is set to return to cinema with the sequel to El Topo entitled Abel Cain sometime in late 2011 or 2012. Jodorowsky is also a playwright and play director, having produced over one hundred plays, primarily in Mexico where he lived for much of his life. Alongside this he is also a writer, particularly of comic books - his The Incal even has been noted as having a claim to be "the best comic book" ever written - as well as books on his own theories about spirituality. Jodorowsky has been involved in the occult and various spiritual and religious groups, including Zen Buddhism and forms of Mexican shamanism, and has formulated his own spiritual system, which he has called "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism".
Known For
Filmography
The Dark Fantastic
Self
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
Self
Helicopter
Himself
What the Forest conceals
self
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
Himself
Léemelo
Self
Fake News
Mysterious man
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
Himself
Violeta más viva que nunca
Himself (archive footage)
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
Himself
Endless Poetry
Old Alejandro
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Self
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
Himself
The Voice Thief
Story
Jodorowsky's Dune
Self - Writer / Filmmaker
The Dance of Reality
Old Alejandro
Only God Forgives
Thanks
The Source Family
Thanks
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
Fernando
NWR
Self
Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
Original Story
Drive
Thanks
The Island
Jodo
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
Himself
A Tar
La colorina
Self
Born Without
Niente è come sembra
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
Self
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
Self
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
Self
Una belleza nueva
Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Self
Musikanten
Ludwig van Beethoven
Le Cercle
Self
Rush to War
Self
Kaena: The Prophecy
Dialogue
No Big Deal
Pablo
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
Psicotaxi
Himself
Cherif
Prophet
Through the Night with...
Self
Blink Jodorowsky
Himself
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
Alejandro
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Self
De pé a pá
Self
The Jodorowsky Constellation
Self
The Rainbow Thief
Director
Eurotrash