Alfonso Arau

Born: 1932-01-11, 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.

Filmography

• Coco (2017)
• Gunsmoke (1955)
• 227 (1985)
• La hora marcada (1988)
• Romancing the Stone (1984)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
• A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
• El Topo (1970)
• Used Cars (1980)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Malacopa (2018)
• Tívoli (1975)
• Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
• Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
• Redondo (1986)
• I Heart Shakey (2012)
• A Painted House (2003)
• Música en la noche (1958)
• El aviso inoportuno (1969)
• ...und deine Liebe auch (1962)
• Scandalous John (1971)
• Operación carambola (1968)
• Zapata: El sueño de un héroe (2004)
• L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2010)
• Run, Cougar, Run (1972)
• El rincón de las vírgenes (1972)
• El águila descalza (1971)
• El águila descalza (1971)