Alfonso Arau

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.

Filmography of Alfonso Arau

  • Drunk Angry Idiot (2018)
  • Coco (2017)
  • I Heart Shakey (2012)
  • The Dead One (2007)
  • Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan (2005)
  • Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
  • Committed (2000)
  • Polvora En La Piel (1992)
  • Camino largo a Tijuana (1991)
  • Stones for Ibarra (1988)
  • Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988)
  • Walker (1987)
  • ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
  • Round (1986)
  • 227 (1985)
  • Romancing the Stone (1984)
  • Miami Vice (1984)
  • Mojado Power (1983)
  • The Day Pedro Infante Died (1982)
  • Used Cars (1980)
  • Posse (1975)
  • Tivoli (1975)
  • Inspector Calzonzin (1974)
  • Nest of Virgins (1972)
  • Aunt Isabel's Garden (1972)
  • Run, Cougar, Run (1972)
  • Scandalous John (1971)
  • El águila descalza (1971)
  • El Topo (1970)
  • Paradise (1970)
  • The Useless Life of Pito Pérez (1970)
  • Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa (1970)
  • Tres amigos (1970)
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)
  • El aviso inoportuno (1969)
  • Operación carambola (1968)
  • Pedro Paramo (1967)
  • There Are No Thieves in This Village (1965)
  • ...And Your Love Too (1962)
  • Trip to the Moon (1958)