Alfonso Arau
Birthday
Jan 11, 1932 (94 years)
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
¡Three Amigos!
1986
Romancing the Stone
1984
The Wild Bunch
1969
Committed
2000
Walker
1987
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
El Topo
1970
Used Cars
1980
Posse
1975
Paradise
1970
Tivoli
1975
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
The Dead One
2007
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
Pedro Paramo
1967
I Heart Shakey
2012
TV Shows (4)
As Crew... (25)
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
1986
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
1986
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
Tivoli
1975