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.
Directing (22 movies)
Black River
1992
The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments
2011
Les salons de Baudelaire
1970
Travail du comédien
1974
Travailler loin de chez soi
1972
Le mot et l'image
1968
Memorias de un tiempo eterno
2020
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984
Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984
Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country
1984
Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema
1984
L'Abécédaire du Maréchal
1979
Celui qui venait d'ailleurs
1972
Béjart
1970
William Hogarth
1965
La Narbonnaise I : Période pré-romaine
1966
La Narbonnaise II : La province romaine
1966
Idoles et chanteurs I : La chanson, un métier
1967
Idoles et chanteurs II : La chanson, un métier
1967
Les emplois de bureau
1968
André Breton (1896-1966) : Je cherche l'or du temps
1968
Páramos de leyendas
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther | 1963 | Writer |
| L'Abécédaire du Maréchal | 1979 | Writer |
| Black River | 1992 | Writer |
| Bolivar Is Me | 2002 | Producer |
| The Crime of Padre Amaro | 2002 | Producer |
| A Game of Cat and Mouse | 2002 | Producer |
| The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments | 2011 | Writer |
| The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments | 2011 | Producer |
| Memorias de un tiempo eterno | 2020 | Producer |
| Memorias de un tiempo eterno | 2020 | Writer |
| Páramos de leyendas | 2025 | Producer |
| Páramos de leyendas | 2025 | Writer |