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Alejandro Jodorowsky (Spanish: [aleˈxandɾo xoðoˈɾofski]; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, musician, comics writer and spiritual guru. 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".Born to Jewish-Ukrainian parents in Chile, Jodorowsky experienced an unhappy and alienated childhood, and so immersed himself in reading and writing poetry. Dropping out of college, he became involved in theater and in particular mime, working as a clown before founding his own theater troupe, the Teatro Mimico, in 1947. Moving to Paris in the early 1950s, Jodorowsky studied mime under Étienne Decroux before turning to cinema, directing the short film Les têtes interverties in 1957. From 1960 he divided his time between Paris and Mexico City, in the former becoming a founding member of the anarchistic avant-garde Panic Movement of performance artists. In 1966 he created his first comic strip, Anibal 5, whilst in 1967 he directed his first feature film, the surrealist Fando y Lis, which caused a huge scandal in Mexico, eventually being banned.His next film, the acid western El Topo (1970), became a hit on the midnight movie circuit in the United States, considered as the first-ever midnight cult film, garnering high praise from John Lennon, which led to Jodorowsky being provided with $1 million to finance his next film. The result was The Holy Mountain (1973), a surrealist exploration of western esotericism. Disagreements with the film's distributor Allen Klein, however, led to both The Holy Mountain and El Topo failing to gain widespread distribution, although both became classics on the underground film circuit.After an aborted attempt at filming Frank Herbert's novel Dune, Jodorowsky produced three more films, the family film Tusk (1980), the surrealist horror Santa Sangre (1989), and the failed blockbuster The Rainbow Thief (1990). Meanwhile, he has simultaneously written a series of science fiction comic books, most notably The Incal (1981–1989), which has been described as having a claim to be "the best comic book" ever written, but also Technopriests and Metabarons. Accompanying this, he has also written books and regularly lectures on his own spiritual system, which he calls "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism" and which borrows from his interests in alchemy, the Tarot, Zen Buddhism, and shamanism. His son, Cristóbal, has followed his teachings on psychoshamanism; this work is captured in the feature documentary Quantum Men directed by Carlos Serrano Azcona.
| Full Name | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Net Worth | $8 Million |
| Date Of Birth | February 7, 1929 |
| Place Of Birth | Tocopilla, Tocopilla, II Región, Chile |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author, comic book artist and musician |
| Profession | Actor, Film director, Author, Film producer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Cartoonist, Costume designer, Production Designer, Film Score Composer |
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Spouse | Pascale Montandon |
| Children | Brontis Jodorowsky, Adan Jodorowsky, Axel Jodorowsky, Teo Jodorowsky, Eugenia Jodorowsky |
| Parents | Sara Felicidad, Jaime Jodorowsky Groismann |
| Siblings | Raquel Jodorowsky |
| Nicknames | Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jodorowsky, Alejandro |
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| Awards | Leopard of Honour, Fénix Film Award for Lifetime Achievement |
| Nominations | Prix du Public UBS, Variety Piazza Grande Award, Fénix Film Award for Best Art Design |
| Movies | The Holy Mountain, El Topo, The Dance of Reality, Santa Sangre, Fando y Lis, Endless Poetry, The Rainbow Thief, The Severed Heads, King Shot, Tusk, Abel Cain, Ritual: A Psychomagic Story, Rush to War, The Voice Thief, Kaena: The Prophecy, The Island, Born Without, Apolinar, Arrabal, Panik Cineast |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
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| 1 | What can do an artist? He can not create. He can transform. We are transforming things. Only God can create. We are transformers.... Not the Hollywood Transformers. |
| 2 | In the world, what you do has a value but what you don't do also has a value. For me 'Dune' was a dream - a big dream! And I am happy like this. It's a dream that I intended to do, which is good. When we didn't make the picture, Dan O'Bannon needed to be interned in a mental institution for two years because he didn't get to do it. But when he came out he wrote the script for 'Alien'. Who would believe that? But it's true. |
| 3 | If you are great, El Topo is a great picture. If you are limited, El Topo is limited |
| 4 | I don't live in France; I live in myself. |
| 5 | I ask of film what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs. |
| 6 | [on his films] Most directors make films with their eyes. I make films with my balls. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Fando and Lis | 1968 | dialogue - as Alexandro Jodorowsky / screenplay - as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| La cravate | 1957 | Short as Alexandre Jodorowsky | |
| Poesía sin fin | 2016 | | |
| Metal Hurlant Chronicles | 2012-2014 | TV Series comic book - 2 episodes | |
| The Voice Thief | 2013 | Short story | |
| La danza de la realidad | 2013 | screenplay | |
| Kaena: The Prophecy | 2003 | dialogue | |
| Santa sangre | 1989 | screenplay / story | |
| Tusk | 1980 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| El topo | 1970 | written by - as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Poesía sin fin | 2016 | | Alejandro |
| La danza de la realidad | 2013 | | Alejandro as an Adult |
| Ritual - Una storia psicomagica | 2013 | | Fernando |
| The Island | 2011/I | | Jodo |
| Niente è come sembra | 2007 | | |
| Musikanten | 2006 | | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Pas si grave | 2003 | | Pablo, le père |
| Cherif | 2002 | | Prophet |
| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | | The Alchemist (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) |
| Anticlimax | 1973 | | |
| El topo | 1970 | | El Topo |
| Fando and Lis | 1968 | | Puppeteer (uncredited) |
| La cravate | 1957 | Short as Alexandre Jodorowsky | |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Poesía sin fin | 2016 | | |
| La danza de la realidad | 2013 | | |
| The Rainbow Thief | 1990 | | |
| Santa sangre | 1989 | | |
| Tusk | 1980 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| El topo | 1970 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| Fando and Lis | 1968 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| Teatro sin fin | 1965 | Short uncredited | |
| La cravate | 1957 | Short as Alexandre Jodorowsky | |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Poesía sin fin | 2016 | executive producer | |
| La danza de la realidad | 2013 | producer | |
| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | producer - uncredited | |
| Apolinar | 1972 | producer | |
| Pubertinaje | 1971 | producer | |
Art Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | painter - as Alexandro Jodorowsky / sculptor - as Alexandro Jodorowsky / set conception - as Alexandro Jodorowsky / set designer - as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| El topo | 1970 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
Costume Designer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
| El topo | 1970 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
Production Designer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Holy Mountain | 1973 | | |
| El topo | 1970 | as Alexandro Jodorowsky | |
Editorial Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Last Movie | 1971 | consulting editor - uncredited | |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Last Movie | 1971 | version editor | |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Polaris | 2016 | inspired by completed | |
| Bird of Steel! | | special thanks filming | |
| The Neon Demon | 2016 | NWR wishes to thank | |
| Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk | 2014 | special thanks | |
| Live Life Dearest | 2014 | Short inspired by | |
| Devils in Disguise | 2014 | special thanks | |
| The Disintegration of Sleep | 2013 | Short special thanks | |
| Only God Forgives | 2013 | dedicatee / thanks | |
| Drive | 2011/I | special thanks | |
| Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre | 2011 | Video documentary special thanks | |
| Arcano | 2011 | Short special thanks | |
| Vigilancia | 2009 | Short thanks | |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | 2009 | thanks | |
| Echek | 2000 | Short thanks | |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| A Viking on the Croisette | | filming | Himself |
| Le gros journal | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Citizen Kat | 2014 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Días de cine | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Étrangement vôtre! | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cinema 3 | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jodorowsky's Dune | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Mi reino por un caballo | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| NWR (Nicolas Winding Refn) | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| A Season of Jodorowsky | 2010 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Durch die Nacht mit... | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Dragolandia | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Stracult 2 | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Página 2 | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | |
| A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky | 2007 | Video short | Himself |
| Noche Hache | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Born Without | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| El club | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| El loco de la colina | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ruedo ibérico | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Carta blanca | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Buenafuente | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | 2005 | Documentary | Himself (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) |
| Nosolomúsica | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rush to War | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Campus, le magazine de l'écrit | 2002-2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Psicotaxi | 2002 | Short | Himself |
| Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités | 1997 | Documentary | Himself |
| Droit d'auteurs | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| La constellation Jodorowsky | 1994 | Documentary | Himself |
| Los unos y los otros | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Eurotrash | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Peligrosamente juntas | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Media Show | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Teatro sin fin | 1965 | Short | Himself |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2015 | Cinema Eye Honors Award | Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US | The Unforgettables | Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) |
| 2013 | Films from the South Award | Oslo Films from the South Festival | Best Feature | La danza de la realidad (2013) |
| 2013 | Prix Saint-Germain | Prix Saint-Germain | Best Foreign Film | La danza de la realidad (2013) |
| 2006 | Time-Machine Honorary Award | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | | |
| 2000 | Jack Smith Lifetime Achievement Award | Chicago Underground Film Festival | | |
| 1989 | Career Award | Fantafestival | | |
| 1974 | Special Jury Award | Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival | | El topo (1970) |
| 1973 | Special Mention | Taormina International Film Festival | | La montaña sagrada (1973) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2016 | ARRI/OSRAM Award | Munich Film Festival | Best International Film | Poesía sin fin (2016) |
| 2014 | Premio Fénix | Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards) | Best Art Direction | La danza de la realidad (2013) |
| 2014 | Audience Award | SXSW Film Festival | Visions | La danza de la realidad (2013) |
| 2013 | Foxtel Movies International Award | Adelaide Film Festival | Best Feature | La danza de la realidad (2013) |
| 2013 | SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight) | Cannes Film Festival | | La danza de la realidad (2013) |
| 2013 | ARRI/OSRAM Award | Munich Film Festival | Best International Film | La danza de la realidad (2013) |
| 1991 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | Santa sangre (1989) |
| 1989 | Gold Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | Santa sangre (1989) |
| 1989 | Best Film | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | | Santa sangre (1989) |
| 1973 | Golden Charybdis | Taormina International Film Festival | | La montaña sagrada (1973) |
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