Alejandro Jodorowsky
Biography
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.
Known For
The Dick Cavett Show
Eurotrash
Through the Night with...
De pé a pá
Le Cercle
The Holy Mountain
El Topo
Una belleza nueva
All Movies (48)
- The Dark Fantastic2025 · as Self
- John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office2025 · as Self
- Helicopter2024 · as Himself
- What the Forest conceals2023 · as self
- Tripping The Dark Fantastic2022 · as Himself
- Fake News2021 · as Mysterious man
- Psychomagic: A Healing Art2019 · as Himself
- Violeta más viva que nunca2017 · as Himself (archive footage)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls2016 · as Himself
- Endless Poetry2016 · as Old Alejandro
- My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn2015 · as Self
- Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic2014 · as Himself
- Jodorowsky's Dune2013 · as Self - Writer / Filmmaker
- The Dance of Reality2013 · as Old Alejandro
- Ritual - A Psychomagic Story2013 · as Fernando
- NWR2012 · as Self
- The Island2011 · as Jodo
- Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre2011 · as Himself
- A Tar2010
- La colorina2008 · as Self
- Born Without2008
- Niente è come sembra2007
- Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures2007 · as Self
- A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky2007
- Arrabal, Panik Cineast2007 · as Self
- Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky2007 · as Self
- Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream2006 · as Self
- Musikanten2006 · as Ludwig van Beethoven
- Rush to War2004 · as Self
- No Big Deal2003 · as Pablo
- Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 20022003
- Psicotaxi2002 · as Himself
- Cherif2002 · as Prophet
- Blink Jodorowsky2002 · as Himself
- Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales1997 · as Alejandro
- Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths1997 · as Self
- The Jodorowsky Constellation1994 · as Self
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky1991 · as Self
- The Holy Mountain1973 · as The Alchemist
- Fando and Lis1972 · as Puppeteer (uncredited)
- El Topo1970 · as El Topo
- Anticlimax1969
- He! Viva Dada1965 · as Self
- Melodrama Sacramental1965 · as Himself
- The Severed Heads1957
- The Eternal Voice— · as Old Alejandro
- The Family Forest— · as Himself
- Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot— · as himself
All TV Shows (7)
- Léemelo2022 · as Self
- Una belleza nueva2006 · as Self
- Le Cercle2005 · as Self
- Through the Night with...2002 · as Self
- De pé a pá1996 · as Self
- Eurotrash1993
- The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest