Alejandro Jodorowsky

Birthday:
02/17/1929
Place of birth:
Tocopilla, Chile:
Biography:
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".

Credits

The Dark Fantastic (2025)
as Self
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (2025)
as Self
Helicopter (2024)
as Himself
Ce que cache la Forêt (2023)
as self
Tripping The Dark Fantastic (2022)
as Himself
Les méchants (2021)
as Mysterious man
Psychomagie, un art pour guérir (2019)
as Himself
Violeta más viva que nunca (2017)
as Himself (archive footage)
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls (2016)
as Himself
Poesía sin fin (2016)
as Old Alejandro
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)
as Self
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic (2014)
as Himself
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
as Self - Writer / Filmmaker
La danza de la realidad (2013)
as Old Alejandro
Ritual - Una storia psicomagica (2013)
as Fernando
NWR (2012)
as Self
The Island (2011)
as Jodo
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre (2011)
as Himself
A Tar (2010)
La colorina (2008)
as Self
Nacido Sin (2008)
Niente è come sembra (2007)
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007)
as Self
A Conversation with Alejandro Jodorowsky (2007)
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky (2007)
as Self
Arrabal, Panik Cineast (2007)
as Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)
as Self
Musikanten (2006)
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Rush to War (2004)
as Self
Pas si grave (2003)
as Pablo
Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview at ICA London December 2002 (2003)
Psicotaxi (2002)
as Himself
Cherif (2002)
as Prophet
Blink Jodorowsky (2002)
as Himself
Les Contes de Jodo - Contes philosophiques (1997)
as Alejandro
Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités (1997)
as Self
La Constellation Jodorowsky (1994)
as Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991)
as Self
La montaña sagrada (1973)
as The Alchemist
Fando y Lis (1972)
as Puppeteer (uncredited)
El Topo (1970)
as El Topo
Anticlimax (1969)
He! Viva Dada (1965)
as Self
Teatro sin fin (1965)
as Himself
La cravate (1957)
The Family Forest
as Himself
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Conversazioni Sulle Vie Dei Tarocchi
as himself
La voz eterna
as Old Alejandro

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