Alfonso Arau
Actor · Director · WriterAlfonso 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR42
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
Ernesto Pino
Coco
2017
Papá Julio (voice)
I Heart Shakey
2012
Raoul
The Dead One
2007
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
Himself
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Dr. Amado
Committed
2000
Grampy
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
Stones for Ibarra
1988
Chuy Santos
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
Indio
Walker
1987
Raousset
¡Three Amigos!
1986
El Guapo
Round
1986
Romancing the Stone
1984
Juan
The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982
Anselmo
Mojado Power
1981
Nato Solís
Used Cars
1980
Manuel
Posse
1975
Pepe
Tivoli
1975
Tiliches
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Calzonzín
Nest of Virgins
1972
Lucas Lucatero
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
Etio
Scandalous John
1971
Paco
El águila descalza
1971
Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
El Topo
1970
Bandit 1
Paradise
1970
El Perro
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
Tres amigos
1970
- Glücksspirale
Glücksspirale
1970
Self
The Wild Bunch
1969
Herrera
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Operación carambola
1968
Capulina's Aid #1
Pedro Paramo
1967
'Saltaperico'
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
Agente viajero
...And Your Love Too
1962
Alfredo
- Los pistolocos
Los pistolocos
1960
Trip to the Moon
1958
Carlos Vera
Música en la noche
1958
New faces
1956
DIRECTOR11
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
Director
Zapata: The dream of a hero
2004
Director
A Painted House
2003
Director
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
Director
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Director
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Director
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
Director
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
1986
Director
Mojado Power
1981
Director
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Director
El águila descalza
1971
Director
