Atahualpa Lichy
Known for
Writing
Birthplace
Caracas, Venezuela
Biography
Jean Pierre Atahualpa Charles Lichy Verdier, best known as Atahualpa Lichy, is a Franco-Venezuelan filmmaker, known for his film Río Negro (1992). Born in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1956, he moved to Paris and became the assistant of Henry Langlois at the Cinémathèque Française. From 1969 to 1975, he participated in the creation and organization of the Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) in Cannes. Lichy has written, directed and produced more than 60 films in France and Venezuela.
Best known work
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
Bolivar Is Me
2002
A Game of Cat and Mouse
2002
At Midnight and a Half
1999
Black River
1990
Ciné regards
1978
Les Caractères de La Bruyère
1965
The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments
2011
Les salons de Baudelaire
1970
Martin Luther
1963Filmography
2025
Páramos de leyendasDirector, Producer, Writer
2020
Memorias de un tiempo eternoDirector, Producer, Writer
2011
The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean FragmentsDirector, Writer, Producer
2002
A Game of Cat and MouseProducer
2002
The Crime of Padre AmaroProducer
2002
Bolivar Is MeProducer
1999
At Midnight and a HalfCo-Producer
1990
Black RiverWriter, Director
1984
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little FrenchmanDirector, Writer
1984
Claves, 2: We will return youngerDirector, Writer
1984
Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother countryDirector, Writer
1984
Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinemaDirector, Writer
1979
L'Abécédaire du MaréchalDirector, Writer
1978
1974
Travail du comédienDirector
1972
Celui qui venait d'ailleursDirector
1972
Travailler loin de chez soiDirector
1970
BéjartDirector
1970
Les salons de BaudelaireDirector
1968
Le mot et l'imageDirector
1968
Les emplois de bureauDirector
1968
1967
1967
1966