Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
40
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 11, 1932 ( 92 years old )
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also Known As
Альфонсо Арау
Alfonso Aráu
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.
Known For
...und deine Liebe auch
1962-09-27¡Three Amigos!
1986-12-12Picking Up the Pieces
2000-05-26Romancing the Stone
1984-03-30El Topo
1970-12-18Paraíso
1970-10-08Posse
1975-06-04La Vida Inútil de Pito Pérez
1970-09-15Calzonzín inspector
1974-05-02El día que murió Pedro Infante
1982-01-01