Alejandro Jodorowsky AKA Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky Born: 7-Feb-1929 Birthplace: Iquique, Chile
Gender: Male Religion: Pagan Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Film Director, Artist, Actor Nationality: Chile Executive summary: El Topo Transgressive filmmaker. John Lennon and Yoko Ono financed his hyper-profane 1973 film The Holy Mountain. Attempted to adapt Frank Herbert's Dune to film with the art direction of H. R. Giger and featuring Salvador Dali as the Emperor. Has produced occultist comic books based on his tarot research with comic book artist Jean Giraud. Studied as a mime with Marcel Marceau.
"Comics are novels. Tarot is poetry." Wife: Valerie Jodorowsky Son: Axel Jodorowsky (actor) Son: Brontis Jodorowsky (actor) Son: Adan Jodorowsky (actor) Daughter: (one)
University: University of Santiago (1942, dropped out)
Ukrainian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Naturalized French Citizen Risk Factors: Marijuana, LSD
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR The Dance of Reality (18-May-2013) The Rainbow Thief (1990) Santa Sangre (May-1989) Tusk (Mar-1980) The Holy Mountain (May-1973) El Topo (18-Dec-1970) Fando and Lis (1968)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR The Dance of Reality (18-May-2013) Jodorowsky's Dune (18-May-2013) · Himself Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (13-May-2005) · Himself The Holy Mountain (May-1973) El Topo (18-Dec-1970)
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