Alfonso Arau
Date of birth: 1932-01-11
Place of birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Альфонсо Арау, Alfonso Aráu
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.
Movie Credits
...And Your Love Too
1962-09-27
On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision th
¡Three Amigos!
1986-12-12
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in s
Picking Up the Pieces
2000-05-26
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it ac
Romancing the Stone
1984-03-30
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. T
El Topo
1970-12-18
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6
Paradise
1970-10-08
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on
Posse
1975-06-04
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber an
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970-09-15
A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.
Inspector Calzonzin
1974-05-02
A rumor reaches a small town, San Garabato, that a government infiltrator will arrive to check the c
The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982-01-01
Pablo Rueda, a frustrated writer and artist, wanders through Mexico City in a labyrinth of dreams an
Scandalous John
1971-06-22
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way
Trip to the Moon
1958-04-02
In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where conf
I Heart Shakey
2012-06-29
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old da
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005-10-27
"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Simplemente, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the greatest comdedian-act
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991-02-28
Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965-09-09
When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. Th
The Wild Bunch
1969-06-19
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappea
The Dead One
2007-03-01
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil
Stones for Ibarra
1988-01-29
A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new l
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988-11-13
A pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this made-for-T
New faces
1956-01-01
Mexican feature film
Nest of Virgins
1972-11-30
"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
Mojado Power
1981-12-04
An undocumented man becomes the leader of a movement that defends the working conditions of migrants
Los pistolocos
1960-09-28
Papa and the butler try to find an acceptable husband for daddy's spoiled little girl.
Committed
2000-04-28
After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. A
Used Cars
1980-07-11
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to sav
El águila descalza
1971-12-08
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something bi
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018-09-21
A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who alway
Operación carambola
1968-08-29
Two clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a nucl
El aviso inoportuno
1969-05-17
The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo M
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972-04-05
A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the
Pedro Paramo
1967-01-26
When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheri
Run, Cougar, Run
1972-10-18
In this nature adventure, a courageous cougar must struggle to survive after a cruel human hunter ki
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970-05-06
"Mod" culture in Mexico City.
Coco
2017-10-27
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplishe
Tivoli
1975-06-26
While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commerci
Walker
1987-12-04
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to
Tres amigos
1970-02-12
Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identit
Polvora En La Piel
1992-09-17
Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes. Roxana Chavez is a young girl who's flirting with death,
Glücksspirale
1970-04-25