Alejandro Jodorowsky
Known for Directing · 55 credits
- Born
- 1929-02-17 (age 97)
- Place of birth
- Tocopilla, Chile
- Also known as
- Alexandro Jodorowsky · Alexandre Jodorowski · 알레한드로 호도로프스키 · 알레한드로 조도로프스키 · 알레한도로 호도로프스키 · 알레한도로 조도로프스키
Biography
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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".
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Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (48)
The Holy Mountain
1973
as The Alchemist
El Topo
1970
as El Topo
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
as Self - Writer / Filmmaker
Endless Poetry
2016
as Old Alejandro
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015
as Self
Fando and Lis
1972
as Puppeteer (uncredited)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
The Dance of Reality
2013
as Old Alejandro
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
2019
as Himself
The Dark Fantastic
2025
as Self
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
2007
as Self
Fake News
2021
as Mysterious man
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025
as Self
NWR
2012
as Self
The Island
2011
as Jodo
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
2013
as Fernando
Rush to War
2004
as Self
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre
2011
as Himself
The Jodorowsky Constellation
1994
as Self
Helicopter
2024
as Himself
Anticlimax
1969
The Severed Heads
1957
What the Forest conceals
2023
as self
No Big Deal
2003
as Pablo
Jodorowsky's Phylosophycal Tales
1997
as Alejandro
Born Without
2008
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997
as Self
La colorina
2008
as Self
Niente è come sembra
2007
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversations on the Way of the Tarot
as himself
The Family Forest
as Himself
He! Viva Dada
1965
as Self
A Tar
2010
Musikanten
2006
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
2014
as Himself
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002
2003
Blink Jodorowsky
2002
as Himself
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022
as Himself
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
1991
as Self
Violeta más viva que nunca
2017
as Himself (archive footage)
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
2007
as Self
Melodrama Sacramental
1965
as Himself
Psicotaxi
2002
as Himself
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
2016
as Himself
Cherif
2002
as Prophet
The Eternal Voice
as Old Alejandro
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
2007
as Self
About Alejandro Jodorowsky
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 re… With 55 credits spanning from 1957 to 2025, Alejandro Jodorowsky has appeared in 48 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alejandro Jodorowsky Movies
- The Holy Mountain (1973) — as The Alchemist
- El Topo (1970) — as El Topo
- Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) — as Self - Writer / Filmmaker
- Endless Poetry (2016) — as Old Alejandro
- My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015) — as Self
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