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Alejandro Jodorowsky
Tocopilla, Chile
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 kn…
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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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2025
The Dark Fantastic
Movie Self
- 2025
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2024
Helicopter
Movie Himself
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2023
What the Forest conceals
Movie self
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2022
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
Movie Himself
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2022
Léemelo
TV show Self
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2021
Fake News
Movie Mysterious man
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2019
Psychomagic: A Healing Art
Movie Himself
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2017
Violeta más viva que nunca
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2016
Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Seagulls
Movie Himself
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2016
Endless Poetry
Movie Old Alejandro
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2015
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Movie Self
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2014
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Social Psychomagic
Movie Himself
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2013
The Voice Thief
Movie Story
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2013
Jodorowsky's Dune
Movie Self - Writer / Filmmaker
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2013
The Dance of Reality
Movie Old Alejandro
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2013
Only God Forgives
Movie Thanks
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2013
The Source Family
Movie Thanks
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2013
Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
Movie Fernando
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2012
NWR
Movie Self
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2012
Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
Movie Original Story
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2011
Drive
Movie Thanks
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2011
The Island
Movie Jodo
- 2011
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2010
A Tar
Movie
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2008
La colorina
Movie Self
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2008
Born Without
Movie
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2007
Niente è come sembra
Movie
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2007
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
Movie Self
- 2007
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2007
Arrabal, Panik Cineast
Movie Self
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2007
Una hora con Alejandro Jodorowsky
Movie Self
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2006
Una belleza nueva
TV show Self
- 2006
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2006
Musikanten
Movie Ludwig van Beethoven
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2005
Le Cercle
TV show Self
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2004
Rush to War
Movie Self
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2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Movie Self
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2003
Kaena: The Prophecy
Movie Dialogue
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2003
No Big Deal
Movie Pablo
