Rafael Corkidi

Rafael Corkidi

Known for

Directing

Born

May 20, 1930

Birthplace

Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Died

September 18, 2013 (aged 83)

Biography

Rafael Corkidi Acriche (May 20, 1930 - September 18, 2013) was a Mexican filmmaker and videographer who collaborated, as director of photography with Alejandro Jodorowsky in the tapes Fando and Lis (1968), El Topo (1970) and The Holy Mountain(1973).

He was the director of the first Mexican and Latin American feature film made entirely in video format, Figures of Passion (1983).

Best known work

The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973
El Topo
El Topo
1970
Fando and Lis
Fando and Lis
1972
The Mansion of Madness
The Mansion of Madness
1973
Desires
Desires
1983
Auandar Anapu
Auandar Anapu
1975
Holy Pafnucio
Holy Pafnucio
1977
Angels and Cherubs
Angels and Cherubs
1972
Anticlimax
Anticlimax
1969
Peregrina
Peregrina
1974

Filmography

  1. 2010

    The Prodigious Teacher

    Director, Writer

  2. 1992

    Rulfo aeternum

    Director, Screenplay

  3. 1989

  4. 1985

    Las Lupitas

    Director

  5. 1985

    Figuras de la pasión

    Writer, Cinematography, Director

  6. 1983

    Desires

    Director, Writer, Director of Photography

  7. 1978

    Pubertinaje

    Cinematography

  8. 1977

    Holy Pafnucio

    Art Direction, Producer, Cinematography, Director, Writer

  9. 1975

    Auandar Anapu

    Cinematography, Director, Writer

  10. 1974

    South Southeast: 2604

    Director of Photography

  11. 1974

    Peregrina

    Director of Photography

  12. 1974

  13. 1973

    The Holy Mountain

    Director of Photography

  14. 1973

    The Mansion of Madness

    Director of Photography

  15. 1972

    Angels and Cherubs

    Director, Director of Photography

  16. 1972

    Fando and Lis

    as Fando's Father / Well-Dressed Man with Beard (uncredited), Director of Photography

  17. 1972

  18. 1972

    Apolinar

    Cinematography

  19. 1970

    El Topo

    Director of Photography

  20. 1969

    Anticlimax

    Cinematography

  21. 1969

    Siqueiros

    Cinematography

  22. 1968

    Mexico 68: Snapshots

    Director, Cinematography, Writer

  23. 1965

    The Shunammite

    Camera Operator

  24. 1965

    Tajimara

    Camera Operator

  25. 1965

    The Beloved Ones

    Director of Photography

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