Alfonso Arau

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

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

  • El Topo

    El Topo

  • Romancing the Stone

    Romancing the Stone

  • Mojado Power

    Mojado Power

  • Pedro Paramo

    Pedro Paramo

  • Paradise

    Paradise

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

  • Posse

    Posse

  • Used Cars

    Used Cars

  • Tivoli

    Tivoli

  • ¡Three Amigos!

    ¡Three Amigos!

  • Los pistolocos

    Los pistolocos

  • Scandalous John

    Scandalous John

  • New faces

    New faces

  • Walker

    Walker

  • Operación carambola

    Operación carambola

  • Committed

    Committed

  • There Are No Thieves in This Village

    There Are No Thieves in This Village

  • Stones for Ibarra

    Stones for Ibarra

  • Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

    Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

  • El aviso inoportuno

    El aviso inoportuno

  • El águila descalza

    El águila descalza

  • The Dead One

    The Dead One

  • Picking Up the Pieces

    Picking Up the Pieces

  • Drunk Angry Idiot

    Drunk Angry Idiot

  • Tres amigos

    Tres amigos

  • Aunt Isabel's Garden

    Aunt Isabel's Garden

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • I Heart Shakey

    I Heart Shakey

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

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

  • Trip to the Moon

    Trip to the Moon

  • Run, Cougar, Run

    Run, Cougar, Run

  • Nest of Virgins

    Nest of Virgins

  • Camino largo a Tijuana

    Camino largo a Tijuana

  • Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

    Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

  • The Day Pedro Infante Died

    The Day Pedro Infante Died

  • The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

  • ...And Your Love Too

    ...And Your Love Too

  • Polvora En La Piel

    Polvora En La Piel

  • Inspector Calzonzin

    Inspector Calzonzin

  • Glücksspirale

    Glücksspirale