Alfonso Arau
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.
Directed (11)
Acting (42)
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