Acting
Alfonso Arau
Born 1932-01-11 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Known for
Coco
The Wild Bunch
A Walk in the Clouds
Used Cars
El Topo
¡Three Amigos!
Romancing the Stone
Like Water for Chocolate
Committed
I Heart Shakey
Posse
Walker
Stones for Ibarra
Picking Up the Pieces
Tivoli
A Painted House
El águila descalza
Zapata: The dream of a hero
...And Your Love Too
Pedro Paramo
Drunk Angry Idiot
The Dead One
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
The Magnificent Ambersons
El aviso inoportuno
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
El día que murió Pedro Infante
Run, Cougar, Run
Operación carambola
Tres amigos
Scandalous John
El jardín de la tía Isabel
Mojado Power
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Powder on the Skin
Trip to the Moon
Camino largo a Tijuana
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro