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Alejandro Jodorowsky
Director, Actor, Writer, Composer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn February 17, 1929 (96 years)
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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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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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Alejandro Jodorowsky Filmography
| 2019 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2013 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1957 |
| 2021 | Fake News · as Mysterious Man |
| 2016 | Endless Poetry · as Old Alejandro |
| 2013 | The Dance of Reality · as Old Alejandro |
| 2013 | Ritual: A Psychomagic Story · as Fernando |
| 2011 | The Island · as Jodo |
| 2007 | |
| 2005 | Musikanten · as Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| 2003 | No Big Deal · as Pablo |
| 1973 | The Holy Mountain · as The Alchemist |
| 1970 | El Topo · as El Topo |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 | Fando and Lis · as Puppeteer (uncredited) |
| 1957 |
| 2016 | Endless Poetry · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | |
| 1980 | Tusk · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | The Holy Mountain · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | |
| 1957 |
| 1973 | The Holy Mountain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | El Topo · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Endless Poetry · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | |
| 1973 |
| 2025 | Being Eddie · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2022 | The Family Forest · as Himself |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | Psychomagic, A Healing Art · as Himself |
| 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien · as Self - Director |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Jodorowsky's Dune · as Self - Writer / Filmmaker |
| 2012 | NWR (Nicolas Winding Refn) · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2007 | Page 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Buenafuente (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Rush to War · as Self |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Through the Night With... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Jodorowsky Constellation · as Self |
| 1993 | Eurotrash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | Psychomagic, A Healing Art · as Book |
| 2016 | Endless Poetry · as Production Design |
| 2013 | The Dance of Reality · as Production Design |
| 2012 | Metal Hurlant Chronicles (TV Series) · as Comic Book |
| 2012 | Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! · as Original Story |
| 2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy · as Dialogue |
| 1989 | Santa Sangre · as Story |
| 1973 | The Holy Mountain · as Production Design |
| 1973 | The Holy Mountain · as Costume Design |
| 1970 | El Topo · as Production Design |
| 1970 | El Topo · as Costume Design |
| 1968 | Fando and Lis · as Dialogue |