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Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Director · Born 1929-02-17 · Tocopilla, Chile

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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 comi…

Directed

  1. The Holy Mountain (1973) — Director
  2. El Topo (1970) — Director
  3. Santa Sangre (1989) — Director
  4. The Dance of Reality (2013) — Director
  5. Endless Poetry (2016) — Director
  6. Fando and Lis (1972) — Director
  7. The Severed Heads (1957) — Director
  8. The Rainbow Thief (1994) — Director
  9. Psychomagic: A Healing Art (2019) — Director
  10. Tusk (1980) — Director
  11. Melodrama Sacramental (1965) — Director
  12. The Eternal Voice — Director
  13. Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002 (2003) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Holy Mountain (1973) — The Alchemist
  2. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) — Self - Writer / Filmmaker
  3. El Topo (1970) — El Topo
  4. The Dance of Reality (2013) — Old Alejandro
  5. Endless Poetry (2016) — Old Alejandro
  6. Fando and Lis (1972) — Puppeteer (uncredited)
  7. Fake News (2021) — Mysterious man
  8. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006) — Self
  9. The Severed Heads (1957)
  10. My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015) — Self
  11. Psychomagic: A Healing Art (2019) — Himself
  12. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  13. The Jodorowsky Constellation (1994) — Self
  14. NWR (2012) — Self
  15. No Big Deal (2003) — Pablo
  16. The Island (2011) — Jodo
  17. Ritual - A Psychomagic Story (2013) — Fernando
  18. Eurotrash (1993)
  19. Melodrama Sacramental (1965) — Himself
  20. Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007) — Self
  21. Anticlimax (1969)
  22. Musikanten (2006) — Ludwig van Beethoven
  23. Psicotaxi (2002) — Himself
  24. Niente è come sembra (2007)
  25. John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (2025) — Self
  26. De pé a pá (1996) — Self
  27. Through the Night with... (2002) — Self
  28. Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre (2011) — Himself
  29. Helicopter (2024) — Himself
  30. Rush to War (2004) — Self
  31. Una belleza nueva (2006) — Self
  32. Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales (1997) — Alejandro
  33. The Eternal Voice — Old Alejandro
  34. Arrabal, Panik Cineast (2007) — Self
  35. Tripping The Dark Fantastic (2022) — Himself
  36. The Family Forest — Himself
  37. Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot — himself
  38. Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls (2016) — Himself
  39. Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic (2014) — Himself
  40. Cherif (2002) — Prophet