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Birthday: Feb 07, 1929
Place of Birth: Tocopilla, Chile

Alejandro Jodorowsky

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Holy Mountain The Alchemist 1973
El Topo El Topo 1970
The Severed Heads 1957
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Himself 2006
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales Alejandro 1997
The Jodorowsky Constellation Self 1994
No Big Deal Pablo 2003
La Voz Eterna Old Alejandro 1970
Musikanten Ludwig van Beethoven 2006
The Island Jodo 2011
In Search of Moebius Himself 2007
The Dance of Reality Old Alejandro 2013
Jodorowsky's Dune Self 2013
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story Fernando 2013
Arrabal, Panik Cineast Self 2007
NWR Self 2012
Melodrama Sacramental Himself 1965
Tripping The Dark Fantastic Himself 2022
Psicotaxi Himself 2002
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Self 2015
The Family Forest Himself 1970
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures Self 2007
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot himself 1970
Endless Poetry Old Alejandro 2016
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls Himself 2016
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic Himself 2014
Anticlimax 1969
Cherif Prophet 2002
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre Himself 2011
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths Self 1997
La colorina Self 2008
He! Viva Dada Self 1965
Born Without 2008
Helicopter Himself 2024
Violeta más viva que nunca Himself (archive footage) 2017
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002 2003
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky 2007
Niente è come sembra 2007
Fando and Lis Puppeteer (uncredited) 1970
Psychomagic: A Healing Art Himself 2019
Blink Jodorowsky Himself 2002
Fake News Mysterious man 2021
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus Self 2021
Series Cast Year
Una belleza nueva Self 2006
Léemelo Self 2022
De pé a pá Self 1996
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
Le Cercle Self 2005
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