Alejandro Jodorowsky
Biography
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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".
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Acting (37 movies)

The Holy Mountain
1973

El Topo
1970

The Severed Heads
1957

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006

Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
1997

The Jodorowsky Constellation
1994

No Big Deal
2003

Musikanten
2006

The Island
2011

In Search of Moebius
2007

The Dance of Reality
2013

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013

Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
2013

NWR
2012

Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022

Psicotaxi
2002

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015

Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
2007

Endless Poetry
2016

Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
2016

Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
2014

Anticlimax
1969

Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
2011

Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997

La colorina
2008

He! Viva Dada
1965

Born Without
2008

Helicopter
2024

Violeta más viva que nunca
2017

A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007

Niente è come sembra
2007

Fando and Lis
1970

Psychomagic: A Healing Art
2019

Fake News
2021

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025

What the Forest conceals
2023

The Dark Fantastic
2025
Directing (12 movies)

The Holy Mountain
1973

The Severed Heads
1957

El Topo
1970

Fando and Lis
1970

The Rainbow Thief
1994

Santa Sangre
1989

Tusk
1980

The Dance of Reality
2013
Melodrama Sacramental
1965

Endless Poetry
2016

Psychomagic: A Healing Art
2019
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
2003
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Severed Heads | 1957 | Writer | 
| He! Viva Dada | 1965 | Writer | 
| Fando and Lis | 1970 | Screenplay | 
| El Topo | 1970 | Original Music Composer | 
| El Topo | 1970 | Writer | 
| Pubertinaje | 1971 | Producer | 
| Apolinar | 1972 | Producer | 
| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | Producer | 
| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | Screenplay | 
| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | Original Music Composer | 
| Tusk | 1980 | Screenplay | 
| Santa Sangre | 1989 | Screenplay | 
| The Dance of Reality | 2013 | Writer | 
| The Dance of Reality | 2013 | Producer | 
| Endless Poetry | 2016 | Screenplay | 
| Endless Poetry | 2016 | Executive Producer | 
| Psychomagic: A Healing Art | 2019 | Writer |