Alfonso Arau

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

43

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-01-11 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Alfonso Arau

Biography

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

    Coco

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • 227

    227

  • Romancing the Stone

    Romancing the Stone

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

  • Aunt Isabel's Garden

    Aunt Isabel's Garden

  • El Topo

    El Topo

  • Used Cars

    Used Cars

  • Los pistolocos

    Los pistolocos

  • Nest of Virgins

    Nest of Virgins

  • El águila descalza

    El águila descalza

  • Camino largo a Tijuana

    Camino largo a Tijuana

  • Inspector Calzonzin

    Inspector Calzonzin

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Scandalous John

    Scandalous John

  • Posse

    Posse

  • ¡Three Amigos!

    ¡Three Amigos!

  • I Heart Shakey

    I Heart Shakey

  • Walker

    Walker

  • Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

    Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

  • Pedro Paramo

    Pedro Paramo

  • Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

    Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

  • Paradise

    Paradise

  • Stones for Ibarra

    Stones for Ibarra

  • Operación carambola

    Operación carambola

  • Committed

    Committed

  • Tivoli

    Tivoli

  • Mojado Power

    Mojado Power

  • El día que murió Pedro Infante

    El día que murió Pedro Infante

  • Picking Up the Pieces

    Picking Up the Pieces

  • Run, Cougar, Run

    Run, Cougar, Run

  • The Dead One

    The Dead One

  • Drunk Angry Idiot

    Drunk Angry Idiot

  • New faces

    New faces

  • Trip to the Moon

    Trip to the Moon

  • Tres amigos

    Tres amigos

  • The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

  • El aviso inoportuno

    El aviso inoportuno

  • Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

    Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

  • Polvora En La Piel

    Polvora En La Piel

  • ...And Your Love Too

    ...And Your Love Too

  • There Are No Thieves in This Village

    There Are No Thieves in This Village