Atahualpa Lichy

Biography

Jean Pierre Atahualpa Charles Lichy Verdier, best known as Atahualpa Lichy, is a Franco-Venezuelan filmmaker, known for his film Río Negro (1992). Born in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1956, he moved to Paris and became the assistant of Henry Langlois at the Cinémathèque Française. From 1969 to 1975, he participated in the creation and organization of the Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) in Cannes. Lichy has written, directed and produced more than 60 films in France and Venezuela.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Ciné regards (1978) — Self

Directed

1. Black River (1990) — Director
2. The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments (2011) — Director
3. Les salons de Baudelaire (1970) — Director
4. Travail du comédien (1974) — Director
5. Travailler loin de chez soi (1972) — Director
6. Le mot et l'image (1968) — Director
7. Memorias de un tiempo eterno (2020) — Director
8. Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1984) — Director
9. Claves, 2: We will return younger (1984) — Director
10. Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country (1984) — Director
11. Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema (1984) — Director
12. L'Abécédaire du Maréchal (1979) — Director
13. Celui qui venait d'ailleurs (1972) — Director
14. Béjart (1970) — Director
15. William Hogarth (1965) — Director
16. La Narbonnaise I : Période pré-romaine (1966) — Director
17. La Narbonnaise II : La province romaine (1966) — Director
18. Idoles et chanteurs I : La chanson, un métier (1967) — Director
19. Idoles et chanteurs II : La chanson, un métier (1967) — Director
20. Les emplois de bureau (1968) — Director
21. André Breton (1896-1966) : Je cherche l'or du temps (1968) — Director
22. Páramos de leyendas (2025) — Director