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.
Acting (38 movies)
...And Your Love Too
1962
¡Three Amigos!
1986
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Romancing the Stone
1984
El Topo
1970
Paradise
1970
Posse
1975
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
El día que murió Pedro Infante
1982
Scandalous John
1971
Trip to the Moon
1958
I Heart Shakey
2012
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
The Wild Bunch
1969
The Dead One
2007
Stones for Ibarra
1988
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
New faces
1956
Nest of Virgins
1972
Mojado Power
1981
Committed
2000
Used Cars
1980
El águila descalza
1971
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
Operación carambola
1968
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
Pedro Paramo
1967
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
Coco
2017
Tivoli
1975
Walker
1987
Tres amigos
1970
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Directing (11 movies)
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
A Painted House
2003
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
Zapata: The dream of a hero
2004
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
1986
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Mojado Power
1981
El águila descalza
1971
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| New faces | 1956 | Writer |
| El águila descalza | 1971 | Writer |
| Inspector Calzonzin | 1974 | Producer |
| Inspector Calzonzin | 1974 | Writer |
| Tivoli | 1975 | Writer |
| Mojado Power | 1981 | Writer |
| Mojado Power | 1981 | Producer |
| Chido Guan, el tacos de oro | 1986 | Screenplay |
| Like Water for Chocolate | 1992 | Producer |
| Picking Up the Pieces | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Zapata: The dream of a hero | 2004 | Producer |
| Zapata: The dream of a hero | 2004 | Writer |