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Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Iquique, Chile on February 7, 1929. In 1942 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1955 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. He worked with Maurice Chevalier there and made a short film, La cravate... See full bio »

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in Tocopilla City, Tocopilla, II Region, Chile
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2013 The Dance of Reality
 
2012 Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
Fernando
 
2011/I The Island
Jodo
 
2007 Nothing Is as It Seems
 
2006 Musikanten
Ludwig van Beethoven
 
2003 No Big Deal
Pablo, le père
 
2002 Cherif
Prophet
 
1973 The Holy Mountain
The Alchemist (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1973 Anticlimax
 
1970 El Topo
El Topo
 
1968 Fando and Lis
Puppeteer (uncredited)
 
1957 La cravate (short) (as Alexandre Jodorowsky)
 
Show ShowDirector (9 titles)
2013 The Dance of Reality
 
1990 The Rainbow Thief
 
1989 Santa Sangre
 
1980 Tusk (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1973 The Holy Mountain (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1970 El Topo (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1968 Fando and Lis (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1965 Teatro sin fin (video short) (uncredited)
 
1957 La cravate (short) (as Alexandre Jodorowsky)
 
Show ShowWriter (9 titles)
2013 The Dance of Reality (screenplay)
 
2012 Metal Hurlant Chronicles (TV series)
– Master of Destiny (2012) (comic book)
 
2003 Kaena: The Prophecy (dialogue)
 
1989 Santa Sangre (screenplay / story)
 
1980 Tusk (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1973 The Holy Mountain (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1970 El Topo (written by / as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1968 Fando and Lis (adaptation / as Alexandro Jodorowsky / screenplay / as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1957 La cravate (short) (as Alexandre Jodorowsky)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2013 The Dance of Reality (producer)
 
1973 The Holy Mountain (producer - uncredited)
 
1972 Apolinar (producer)
 
1971 Pubertinaje (producer)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1973 The Holy Mountain (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1970 El Topo
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (2 titles)
1973 The Holy Mountain
 
1970 El Topo
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (2 titles)
1973 The Holy Mountain (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
1970 El Topo
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1973 The Holy Mountain (painter - as Alexandro Jodorowsky, sculptor - as Alexandro Jodorowsky, set conception - as Alexandro Jodorowsky, set designer - as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1971 The Last Movie (version editor)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
1971 The Last Movie (consulting editor)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2013 Only God Forgives (thanks)
 
2011/I Drive (special thanks)
 
2011 Arcano (short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Vigilancia (short) (thanks)
 
2009 Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (thanks)
 
2000 Echek (short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
2013 Jodorowsky's Dune (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Mi reino por un caballo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.81 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #1.80 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 NWR (Nicolas Winding Refn) (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2010 A Season of Jodorowsky (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Into the Night with... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Alejandro Jodorowsky und Daniel Pinchbeck (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Dragolandia (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Stracult 2 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Página 2 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.22 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (TV documentary)
 
2007 Noche Hache (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.119 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Born Without (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 El club (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.22 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 El loco de la colina (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 June 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Ruedo ibérico (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 June 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Carta blanca (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode #1.2 (2006) … Himself - Host
 
2005 Buenafuente (TV series)
Himself
– Lecciones de Stewart (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (documentary)
Himself (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
 
2005 Nosolomúsica (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Rush to War (documentary)
Himself
 
2002-2004 Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
– L'Italie au salon du livre (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Psicotaxi (short)
Himself
 
1996 Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Los unos y los otros (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 May 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 The Jodorowsky Constellation (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Eurotrash (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #12.6 … Himself
 
1992 Peligrosamente juntas (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 May 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.9 (1990) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Sacramental Melodrama (performance-art piece) Fabulas Panicas (comic strip) See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | 8 Interviews  | 6 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site (Spanish) | See more »

Alternate Names:

Alexandre Jodorowsky | Alexandro Jodorowsky
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I don't live in France; I live in myself. See more »

Trivia:

He had planned to do a feature film version of Frank Herbert's "Dune." See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius