Alfonso Arau
Born
Jan 11, 1932 (94 years old)
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Movies (42)
Coco
2017
Committed
2000
Romancing the Stone
1984
¡Three Amigos!
1986
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
Walker
1987
Paradise
1970
The Wild Bunch
1969
Tivoli
1975
El Topo
1970
Used Cars
1980
Posse
1975
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Pedro Paramo
1967
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Glücksspirale
1970
Shows (4)
As... (25)
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Tivoli
1975
A Painted House
2003
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Inspector Calzonzin
1974