Alejandro Jodorowsky
Directing • Born 1929-02-17
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.
Filmography
54 credits
The Holy Mountain
Movie • 1973
The Alchemist
El Topo
Movie • 1970
El Topo
The Severed Heads
Movie • 1957
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Movie • 2006
Self
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
Movie • 1997
Alejandro
The Jodorowsky Constellation
Movie • 1994
Self
No Big Deal
Movie • 2003
Pablo
The Eternal Voice
Movie
Old Alejandro
Musikanten
Movie • 2006
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Island
Movie • 2011
Jodo
The Dance of Reality
Movie • 2013
Old Alejandro
Jodorowsky's Dune
Movie • 2013
Self - Writer / Filmmaker
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
Movie • 2013
Fernando
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
Movie • 2007
Self
NWR
Movie • 2012
Self
Melodrama Sacramental
Movie • 1965
Himself
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
Movie • 2022
Himself
Psicotaxi
Movie • 2002
Himself
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Movie • 2015
Self
The Family Forest
Movie
Himself
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
Movie • 2007
Self
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot
Movie
himself
Endless Poetry
Movie • 2016
Old Alejandro
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
Movie • 2016
Himself
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
Movie • 2014
Himself
Anticlimax
Movie • 1969
Cherif
Movie • 2002
Prophet
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
Movie • 2011
Himself
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Movie • 1997
Self
La colorina
Movie • 2008
Self
He! Viva Dada
Movie • 1965
Self
Born Without
Movie • 2008
Helicopter
Movie • 2024
Himself
Violeta más viva que nunca
Movie • 2017
Himself (archive footage)
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
Movie • 2003
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
Movie • 2007
Niente è come sembra
Movie • 2007
Fando and Lis
Movie • 1972
Puppeteer (uncredited)
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
Movie • 2019
Himself
Blink Jodorowsky
Movie • 2002
Himself
Fake News
Movie • 2021
Mysterious man
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
Movie • 2007
Self
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
Movie • 2025
Self
Atar
Movie • 2012
What the Forest conceals
Movie • 2023
self
The Dark Fantastic
Movie • 2025
Self
Rush to War
Movie • 2004
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Movie • 1991
Self
Una belleza nueva
TV • 2006
Self
Léemelo
TV • 2022
Self
De pé a pá
TV • 1996
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Le Cercle
TV • 2005
Self
Through the Night with...
TV • 2002
Self