Alejandro Jodorowsky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Alejandro Jodorowsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
February 7, 1929Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
65Place of birth
Tocopilla, ChileAlso known as
Alexandro Jodorowsky, Alexandre Jodorowski, 알레한드로 호도로프스키, 알레한드로 조도로프스키, 알레한도로 호도로프스키, 알레한도로 조도로프스키, 亚历山大·尤杜洛斯基Cast credits
The Holy Mountain
The AlchemistThe Severed Heads
El Topo
El TopoMidnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
HimselfThe Jodorowsky Constellation
SelfNo Big Deal
PabloThe Island
JodoMusikanten
Ludwig van BeethovenThe Dance of Reality
Old AlejandroJodorowsky's Dune
SelfRitual - A Psychomagic Story
FernandoNWR
SelfMelodrama Sacramental
HimselfMy Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
SelfPsicotaxi
HimselfMoebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
SelfEndless Poetry
Old AlejandroAlejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
HimselfAlejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
HimselfAnticlimax
Crew credits
The Holy Mountain
Screenplay, Costume Design, Producer, Director, Production Design, Sculptor, Painter, Original Music Composer, Set DesignerThe Severed Heads
Director, WriterFando and Lis
Director, Screenplay, DialogueEl Topo
Director, Production Design, Original Music Composer, Costume Design, WriterThe Rainbow Thief
DirectorSanta sangre
Director, Screenplay, StoryTusk
Director, ScreenplayThe Dance of Reality
Director, Writer, Producer, Production DesignThe Voice Thief
StoryMelodrama Sacramental
DirectorEndless Poetry
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Production DesignDrive
ThanksKaena: The Prophecy
DialoguePubertinaje
ProducerApolinar
ProducerPsychomagic: A Healing Art
Director, Writer, BookHe! Viva Dada
WriterThe Incal
Story