Alfonso Arau profile
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Alfonso Arau

11th January 1932 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Acting

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.

40 Movies 4 TV Shows 46 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Coco poster
Coco 27th October 2017 as Papá Julio (voice)
Walker poster
Walker 4th December 1987 as Raousset
Tivoli poster
Tivoli 26th June 1975 as Tiliches
El Topo poster
El Topo 18th December 1970 as Bandit 1
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227 14th September 1985