Biography
This eccentric, outspoken Chilean-born director, writer and actor is best-known for two avant-garde cult films, "El Topo" (1970) and "The Holy Mountain" (1973). Jodorowsky, born to Russian immigrants, grew up in a tough Chilean port city. His family moved to Santiago, and Jodorowsky formed a circus troupe and moved to Paris in 1955 to study mime with Marcel Marceau. By 1960, he was writing and directing for the theater, traveling between …
Career Milestones
1997 | Shot the sequel "The Sons of El Topo" | |
1990 | Made the feature "The Rainbow Thief" | |
1979 | Returned to film-making with "Tusk" | |
1973 | After failure of "The Holy Mountain", dissolves Producciones Panicas and retires | |
| "El Topo" plays at New York's Elgin Theater in midnight showings | ||
1968 | Directed first film, "Fando and Lis" | |
| Formed Producciones Panicas with Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor (Paris) in the early 1960s | ||
| Studied mime with Marcel Marceau in Paris | ||