Alejandro Jodorowsky
Date of birth: 1929-02-17
Place of birth: Tocopilla, Chile
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Alexandro Jodorowsky, Alexandre Jodorowski, 알레한드로 호도로프스키, 알레한드로 조도로프스키, 알레한도로 호도로프스키, 알레한도로 조도로프스키, 亚历山大·尤杜洛斯基
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, known as Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, composer and writer with a large cult following. Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation." His most notable works include El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), all of which have had limited release but achieved popularity amongst various countercultural groups. He has cited the filmmaker Federico Fellini as his primary cinematic influence, and has been described as an influence on such figures as Marilyn Manson and David Lynch. After a failed attempt to return to filmmaking with a film entitled King Shot starring Marilyn Manson and produced by David Lynch, Alejandro is set to return to cinema with the sequel to El Topo entitled Abel Cain sometime in late 2011 or 2012. Jodorowsky is also a playwright and play director, having produced over one hundred plays, primarily in Mexico where he lived for much of his life. Alongside this he is also a writer, particularly of comic books - his The Incal even has been noted as having a claim to be "the best comic book" ever written - as well as books on his own theories about spirituality. Jodorowsky has been involved in the occult and various spiritual and religious groups, including Zen Buddhism and forms of Mexican shamanism, and has formulated his own spiritual system, which he has called "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism". Description above from the Wikipedia article Alejandro Jodorowsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Holy Mountain
1973-11-29
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets i
El Topo
1970-12-18
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6
The Severed Heads
1957-03-31
A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006-06-20
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
1997-05-01
These are initiation tales of A. Jodorowsky, tales and legends adapted from ancestral traditions, fr
The Jodorowsky Constellation
1994-10-07
This documentary depicts the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky talking about his life, his loves, his c
No Big Deal
2003-03-05
Three sons are sent on a journey to trace their father's checkered past.
The Eternal Voice
The never-filmed final instalment in Jodorowsky's autobiographical trilogy, instead incorporated int
Musikanten
2006-03-03
During research for a series focused on the greatest scientists of the past, a TV producer, followin
The Island
2011-05-16
In Paris, Sophie and Daneel make a solid couple. Nothing, it seems, can separate them - until the d
In Search of Moebius
2007-09-23
Documentary about Frenchman Jean Giraud, one of the most influential comic strip illustrators and au
The Dance of Reality
2013-06-19
“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.”
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013-08-30
In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting F
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
2013-04-20
The fragile Lia suffers from a deep depression. Her relationship with her boyfriend Viktor is gettin
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
2007-01-01
Documentary about the filmmaker Fernando Arrabal.
NWR
2012-02-02
A documentary about Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, winner of the Best Director award at the C
Melodrama Sacramental
1965-05-01
The Panic Movement performed theatrical events designed to be shocking, as a response to surrealism
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022-10-29
Showcasing a live performance at Earth Theatre, London in 2021 and interviews with the artists he ha
Psicotaxi
2002-07-02
Fresnadillo wheel an impromptu consultation with Alejandro Jodorowsky, while driving in a taxi in th
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015-02-27
A documentary directed by Winding Refn's wife, Liv Corfixen, and it follows the Danish-born filmmake
The Family Forest
Epigenetics and psychogenealogy through a VERY personal experience.
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
2007-05-13
French artist and author Jean Giraud is one of the most famous and influential comic strip illustrat
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot
Conversations on the Way of the Tarot follows a 2005 tour of Italian theaters. Jodorowsky and Marian
Endless Poetry
2016-03-23
A portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capi
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
2016-12-31
Alejandro Jodorowsky feeds a flock of seagulls.
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
2014-12-31
A short documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's therapeutic practice of psychomagic.
Anticlimax
1969-01-04
The Mexican Gelsen Gas side by side with Alexandro Jodorowsky (Fando y Lis, El Topo, The Holy Mounta
Cherif
2002-06-04
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
2011-01-25
After his dream project DUNE fell apart, visionary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky took a break from
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997-02-22
This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting
La colorina
2008-03-10
Portrait of the Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín (1926 -2006), who was called “La colorina” because of
He! Viva Dada
1965-09-05
Report from the second free expression festival organized at the American Cultural Center, Boulevard
Born Without
2008-01-26
'Born Without' is a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose Flores. "
Helicopter
2024-01-15
To heal the wounds of his family and spirit, Director Ari Gold goes on an epic two year journey to c
Violeta más viva que nunca
2017-01-06
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007-05-01
This six minute interview with director Alejandro Jodorowsky can be found on the release of EL TOPO,
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
2003-01-01
The footage is recorder in ICA, London, in December 2002 and features Jodorowsky on-stage after the
Niente è come sembra
2007-10-22
Fando and Lis
1970-02-02
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
2019-10-02
Explores the therapeutic work of director Alejandro Jodorowsky, showing by means of real acts, what
Blink Jodorowsky
2002-01-01
One in a series of projects by Simon Boswell, an audio-visual installation of portraits extracted fr
Fake News
2021-09-08
After stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good guy. So
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007-01-01
Part behind-the-scenes interview, part lecture. DVD included with Jodorowsky's book Los Evangelios p
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025-01-31
John C. Lilly is the inventor of the isolation tank, as well as pioneer of studies in dolphin intell
Atar
What the Forest conceals
2023-03-01
CE QUE CACHE LA FORÊT (What the Forest conceals) explores the invisible inheritance we carry within
The Dark Fantastic
2025-06-15
The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blendi