Alfonso Arau

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).Arau appeared in the 1972 Mexican film El rincón de las vírgenes (The Virgins' Corner), where he played the assistant of a fake mystical doctor traveling from town to town, who reminisce about their travels, when a group of women decide to propose the doctor for sainthood.In the 1972 episode of Gunsmoke titled "Hidalgo", Arau portrayed the bandit "Mando" who shoots and wounds marshal Matt Dillon.[2] In 1973, Arau acted in and directed Calzónzin Inspector ("Cazonci" or "Caltzontzin" was the term used in the Purépecha culture, to name their emperors[citation needed]), a movie based on a character from the Mexican comic Los Supermachos of Rius, a cartoonist, who co-wrote the screenplay.
Spanish namesurnameMexico CityLaura EsquivelFernandoSergio AraufilmmakerLike Water for Chocolatenovel of the same nameA Walk in the CloudsPicking Up the PiecesThe Magnificent AmbersonsAriel AwardBest Directorthe novelKeanu ReevesAnthony QuinnHallmark Hall of FameA Painted HouseJohn GrishamSam PeckinpahThe Wild BunchThree AmigosMartin ShortSteve MartinChevy ChaseUsed CarsRomancing the StoneMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerGunsmokemarshalMatt DillonCalzónzin InspectorCazonciPurépechaNikolai GogolThe Government InspectorPartido Revolucionario InstitucionalparamilitarycaciquesSanta Fe Film FestivalThe Trick in the SheetChad, Matt & RobDebra MessingPedro PáramoThe Jungle BookParaísoEl TopoScandalous JohnThe Garden of Aunt IsabelBonanzaRun, Cougar, RunCalzonzin InspectorTívoliMojado PowerMiami ViceWalkerCommittedEl MuertoAnne ParillaudI Heart ShakeyUSA TodayL'imbroglio nel lenzuolo