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Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (Spanish: [xoðoˈɾofski]; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and French avant-garde filmmaker. Known for his films El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation". Dropping out of college, he became involved in theater and in particular mime, working as a clown before founding his own theater troupe, the Teatro Mimico, in 1947. Moving to Paris in the early 1950s, Jodorowsky studied traditional mime under Étienne Decroux, and put his miming skills to use in the silent film Les têtes interverties (1957), directed with Saul Gilbert and Ruth Michelly. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alejandro Jodorowsky is the 464th most popular writer (down from 425th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Chile and the 3rd most popular Chilean Writer.

Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, author, actor, and psychotherapist. He is most famous for his avant-garde films, such as El Topo and The Holy Mountain.

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Among writers, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 464 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmad Yasawi, Baldassare Castiglione, Dan Brown, Samuel Butler, Statius, and Thomas Bernhard. After him are Harper Lee, Mahmoud Darwish, Eugene O'Neill, Alessandro Manzoni, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Erich von Däniken.

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Among people born in 1929, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 31. Before him are Tigran Petrosian, Max von Sydow, Rudolf Mössbauer, Sándor Kocsis, James Hong, and Babrak Karmal. After him are Djalma Santos, Richard E. Taylor, Isamu Akasaki, Hafizullah Amin, Oriana Fallaci, and Werner Arber.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 5 out of 321. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904), Augusto Pinochet (1915), Salvador Allende (1908), and Gabriela Mistral (1889). After him are Michelle Bachelet (1951), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Víctor Jara (1932), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), and Luis Sepúlveda (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 3. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904), and Gabriela Mistral (1889). After him are Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Antonio Skármeta (1940), Nicanor Parra (1914), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), and Alberto Hurtado (1901).

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