Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1932-01-11 (Age: 94)
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.
Filmography (42)
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
Coco
2017
I Heart Shakey
2012
The Dead One
2007
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Committed
2000
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
Stones for Ibarra
1988
Walker
1987
¡Three Amigos!
1986
Round
1986
