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.
Coco
2017
¡Three Amigos!
1986
Stones for Ibarra
1988
Romancing the Stone
1984
Trip to the Moon
1958
The Dead One
2007
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
El águila descalza
1971
The Wild Bunch
1969
The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
Tres amigos
1970
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
El Topo
1970
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
Committed
2000
Walker
1987
Pedro Paramo
1967
Used Cars
1980
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Posse
1975
Nest of Virgins
1972
Tivoli
1975
Paradise
1970
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
Scandalous John
1971
I Heart Shakey
2012
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Operación carambola
1968
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
Round
1986
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
...And Your Love Too
1962
Mojado Power
1981
New faces
1956