Alejandro Jodorowsky
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".
Fotos
Películas (60)
The Dark Fantastic
2025 · Self
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025 · Self
Helicopter
2024 · Himself
What the Forest conceals
2023 · self
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022 · Self
Fake News
2021 · Mysterious man
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
2019 · Himself, Director, Book, Writer
Violeta más viva que nunca
2017 · Himself (archive footage)
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
2016 · Himself
Endless Poetry
2016 · Old Alejandro, Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Production Design
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015 · Self
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
2014 · Himself
The Voice Thief
2013 · Story
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 · Self - Writer / Filmmaker
The Dance of Reality
2013 · Old Alejandro, Director, Writer, Producer, Production Design
Only God Forgives
2013 · Thanks
The Source Family
2013 · Thanks
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
2013 · Fernando
NWR
2012 · Self
Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
2012 · Original Story
Drive
2011 · Thanks
The Island
2011 · Jodo
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
2011 · Himself
A Tar
2010
La colorina
2008 · Self
Born Without
2008
Niente è come sembra
2007
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
2007 · Self
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
2007 · Self
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007 · Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 · Self
Musikanten
2006 · Ludwig van Beethoven
Rush to War
2004 · Self
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004 · Self
Kaena: The Prophecy
2003 · Dialogue
No Big Deal
2003 · Pablo
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
2003 · Director
Psicotaxi
2002 · Himself
Cherif
2002 · Prophet
Blink Jodorowsky
2002 · Himself
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
1997 · Alejandro
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997 · Self
The Jodorowsky Constellation
1994 · Self
The Rainbow Thief
1994 · Director
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
1991 · Self
Santa Sangre
1989 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Tusk
1980 · Director, Screenplay
Pubertinaje
1978 · Producer
The Holy Mountain
1973 · The Alchemist, Director, Producer, Costume Design, Screenplay, Production Design, Painter, Original Music Composer, Sculptor, Set Designer
Fando and Lis
1972 · Puppeteer (uncredited), Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
Apolinar
1972 · Producer
El Topo
1970 · El Topo, Director, Production Design, Original Music Composer, Costume Design, Writer
Anticlimax
1969
He! Viva Dada
1965 · Self, Writer
Melodrama Sacramental
1965 · Himself, Director
The Severed Heads
1957 · Director, Writer
The Family Forest
· Himself
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot
· himself
Bouncer
· Story
