
Acting
Born January 11, 1932 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.

Drunk Angry Idiot
2018

Coco
2017

I Heart Shakey
2012

The Dead One
2007

Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005

Picking Up the Pieces
2000

Committed
2000

Polvora En La Piel
1992

Camino largo a Tijuana
1991

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988

Stones for Ibarra
1988

Walker
1987

¡Three Amigos!
1986

Round
1986

Romancing the Stone
1984

The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982

Mojado Power
1981

Used Cars
1980

Tivoli
1975

Posse
1975

Inspector Calzonzin
1974

Nest of Virgins
1972

Run, Cougar, Run
1972

Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972

El águila descalza
1971

Scandalous John
1971

El Topo
1970

Paradise
1970

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970

Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
Glücksspirale
1970

Tres amigos
1970

The Wild Bunch
1969

El aviso inoportuno
1969

Operación carambola
1968

Pedro Paramo
1967

There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965

...And Your Love Too
1962
Los pistolocos
1960

Trip to the Moon
1958

Música en la noche
1958

New faces
1956