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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".
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Filmography
all 59
Movies 55
self 29
Director 5
TV Shows 4
Writer 2
Producer 2
Helicopter (2024)
Tripping The Dark Fantastic (2022)
Léemelo (2022)
Patrick & Sebastien Vs The Fake News (2021)
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus (2021)
Psychomagic: A Healing Art (2019)
Violeta más viva que nunca (2017)
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls (2016)
Endless Poetry (2016)
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic (2014)
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2014)
The Voice Thief (2013)
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
The Dance of Reality (2013)
The Source Family (2013)
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story (2013)
NWR (2012)
Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! (2012)
Drive (2011)
The Island (2011)
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre (2011)
La colorina (2008)
Nacido Sin (2008)
Niente è come sembra (2007)
In Search of Moebius (2007)
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007)
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky (2007)
Arrabal, Panik Cineast (2007)
Una belleza nueva (2006)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)
Musikanten (2006)
No Big Deal (2003)
Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002 (2003)
Psicotaxi (2002)
Cherif (2002)
Blink Jodorowsky (2002)
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales (1997)
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths (1997)
De pé a pá (1996)
The Rainbow Thief (1994)
The Jodorowsky Constellation (1994)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991)
Santa Sangre (1989)
Tusk (1980)
Pubertinaje (1978)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Apolinar (1972)
El Topo (1970)
Fando and Lis (1970)
Anticlimax (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
He! Viva Dada (1965)
Melodrama Sacramental (1965)
The Severed Heads (1957)
The Incal
Bouncer
Essential Voyage
The Family Forest
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1929-02-07 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceTocopilla, Chile
LifestyleMysticism
ReligionJudaism
SpousePascale Montandon-Jodorowsky
ChildrenBrontis Jodorowsky, Axel Jodorowsky, Adán Jodorowsky
FatherJaime Jodorowsky Groismann
MotherSara Felicidad Prullansky Arcavi
SiblingsRaquel Jodorowsky
CitizenshipsFrance, Chile
ResidencesParis, France
Also Known AsAlexandro Jodorowsky, Alexandre Jodorowski, 알레한드로 호도로프스키, 알레한드로 조도로프스키, 알레한도로 호도로프스키, 알레한도로 조도로프스키
AwardsOfficer of Arts and Letters, Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit, Yellow Kid Award, Leopard of Honour
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