Rafael Corkidi

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-05-20

Deathday 2013-09-18 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Rafael Corkidi

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).

Known For

Director

2010
1992
Rulfo aeternum

as Director

1984
Las Lupitas

as Director

1984
1977
Desires

as Director

1977
Holy Pafnucio

as Director

1974
Amigo campesino

as Director

1972
Angels and Cherubs

as Director

1972
1968

Crew

1984
Figuras de la Pasión

as Cinematography

1978
Pubertinaje

as Cinematography

1977
Holy Pafnucio

as Cinematography

1975
1972
Apolinar

as Cinematography

1969
Siqueiros

as Cinematography

1969
Anticlimax

as Cinematography

1968
Mexico 68: Snapshots

as Cinematography

1965
The Beloved Ones

as Cinematography

1965
1960
Dispossession

as Cinematography

Camera

1977
Desires

as Director of Photography

1974
Peregrina

as Director of Photography

1974
South: Southeast 2604

as Director of Photography

1973
The Holy Mountain

as Director of Photography

1973
The Mansion of Madness

as Director of Photography

1972
Angels and Cherubs

as Director of Photography

1970
Fando and Lis

as Director of Photography

1970
El Topo

as Director of Photography

Writer

1992
Rulfo aeternum

as Screenplay

1984
1977
Desires

as Writer

1977
Holy Pafnucio

as Writer

1968

Art

1977
Holy Pafnucio

as Art Direction

Producer

1977
Holy Pafnucio

as Producer

Actor

1970
Fando and Lis

as Fando's Father / Well-Dressed Man with Beard (uncredited)