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.
The Holy Mountain
(The Alchemist)
El Topo
(El Topo)
The Severed Heads
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
(Himself)
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
(Alejandro)
The Jodorowsky Constellation
(Self)
No Big Deal
(Pablo)
La Voz Eterna
(Old Alejandro)
Musikanten
(Ludwig van Beethoven)
The Island
(Jodo)
In Search of Moebius
(Himself)
The Dance of Reality
(Old Alejandro)
Jodorowsky's Dune
(Self)
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
(Fernando)
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
(Self)
NWR
(Self)
Melodrama Sacramental
(Himself)
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
(Himself)
Psicotaxi
(Himself)
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
(Self)
The Family Forest
(Himself)
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
(Self)
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot
(himself)
Endless Poetry
(Old Alejandro)
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
(Himself)
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
(Himself)
Anticlimax
Cherif
(Prophet)
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
(Himself)
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
(Self)
La colorina
(Self)
He! Viva Dada
(Self)
Born Without
Helicopter
(Himself)
Violeta más viva que nunca
(Himself (archive footage))
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
Niente è come sembra
Fando and Lis
(Puppeteer (uncredited))
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
(Himself)
Blink Jodorowsky
(Himself)
Fake News
(Mysterious man)
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
(Self)
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
(Self)
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
(Self)
Una belleza nueva
(Self)
Léemelo
(Self)
De pé a pá
(Self)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Le Cercle
(Self)
The Holy Mountain
(Director)
The Holy Mountain
(Screenplay)
The Holy Mountain
(Producer)
The Holy Mountain
(Costume Design)
The Severed Heads
(Director)
El Topo
(Director)
El Topo
(Original Music Composer)
El Topo
(Production Design)
Fando and Lis
(Director)
The Rainbow Thief
(Director)
Santa Sangre
(Director)
Santa Sangre
(Screenplay)
Santa Sangre
(Story)
Tusk
(Director)
The Dance of Reality
(Director)
The Dance of Reality
(Writer)
The Voice Thief
(Story)
Melodrama Sacramental
(Director)
Endless Poetry
(Director)
Endless Poetry
(Screenplay)
Endless Poetry
(Executive Producer)
The Incal
(Story)
Tusk
(Screenplay)
Drive
(Thanks)
La Voz Eterna
(Director)
Bouncer
(Story)
The Dance of Reality
(Producer)
Kaena: The Prophecy
(Dialogue)
Fando and Lis
(Dialogue)
Fando and Lis
(Screenplay)
Pubertinaje
(Producer)
Apolinar
(Producer)
La Voz Eterna
(Writer)
El Topo
(Costume Design)
Endless Poetry
(Production Design)
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
(Director)
Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
(Original Story)
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
(Book)
The Source Family
(Thanks)
He! Viva Dada
(Writer)
The Severed Heads
(Writer)
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
(Director)
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
(Writer)
The Holy Mountain
(Original Music Composer)
The Holy Mountain
(Production Design)
The Holy Mountain
(Painter)
The Holy Mountain
(Sculptor)
The Holy Mountain
(Set Designer)
El Topo
(Writer)
The Dance of Reality
(Production Design)