Alfonso Arau
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.
46 acting credits · 12 directing credits
Acting · 46
Miami Vice
1984
Coco
2017
Gunsmoke
1955
227
1985
Romancing the Stone
1984
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
¡Three Amigos!
1986
The Wild Bunch
1969
El Topo
1970
Used Cars
1980
Posse
1975
Walker
1987
Committed
2000
The Dead One
2007
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Paradise
1970
Scandalous John
1971
Pedro Paramo
1967
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Tivoli
1975
I Heart Shakey
2012
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
Stones for Ibarra
1988
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
Operación carambola
1968
Tres amigos
1970
Nest of Virgins
1972
Round
1986
Trip to the Moon
1958
El águila descalza
1971
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
...And Your Love Too
1962
New faces
1956
Los pistolocos
1960
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Mojado Power
1981
Música en la noche
1958
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
Glücksspirale
1970
Directing · 12
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
A Painted House
2003
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
Zapata: The dream of a hero
2004
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
1986
El águila descalza
1971
Mojado Power
1981