1929-02-17 ( 96 years old ) in Tocopilla, Chile
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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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Movies
Helicopter
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Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022-10-29
Fake News
2021-09-08
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
2019-10-02
Violeta más viva que nunca
2017-01-06
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
2016-12-31
Endless Poetry
2016-03-23
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015-02-27
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
2014-12-31
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013-08-30
The Dance of Reality
2013-06-19
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
2013-04-20
NWR
2012-02-02
The Island
2011-05-16
La colorina
2008-03-10
Born Without
2008-01-26
Niente è come sembra
2007-10-22
In Search of Moebius
2007-09-23
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
2007-05-13
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007-05-01
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
2007-01-01
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007-01-01
Musikanten
2006-03-03
No Big Deal
2003-03-05
Psicotaxi
2002-07-02
Cherif
2002-06-04
Blink Jodorowsky
2002-01-01
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
1997-05-01
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997-02-22
The Jodorowsky Constellation
1994-01-01
The Holy Mountain
1973-11-29
El Topo
1970-12-18
Fando and Lis
1970-02-02
Anticlimax
1969-01-04
He! Viva Dada
1965-09-05
Melodrama Sacramental
1965-05-01
The Severed Heads
1957-03-31
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