Rafael Corkidi Acriche (20 May 1930 – 18 September 2013) was a Mexican

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. He began his career as a cinematographer and contributed to the visual style and cinematography in three films directed by

Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films '' El Topo'' and '' The Holy Mountain'', Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his wor ...

in Mexico, ''

Fando y Lis ''Fando y Lis'' is a 1968 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in his feature length directorial debut. It is an adaptation of a 1962 play of the same name by Fernando Arrabal, who was working with Jodorowsky on performance art at the tim ...

'', ''El Topo'', and '' The Holy Mountain''. Eventually he became a director in his own right, including films such as ''Angels and Cherubs'', ''Auandar Anapu'', '' Pafnucio Santo'' and ''Deseos'', his last film before he decided to pioneer video as a mean of expression. In 2013, he was awarded the ''Ariel de Oro'', Mexico's top film prize, for his contributions to the Mexican film industry.

Selected filmography / videography

* ''

'' (1968) (cinematographer) * ''El Topo'' (1970) (cinematographer) * ''

Apolinar Apolinar is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada (1827–1911), Bolivian politician * Apolinar Serrano (1833–1876), Spanish bishop of Havana * Apolinar Velez (1865–1939), Filipino politician See also * ...

'' (1971) (cinematographer) * ''Angels and Cherubs'' (1972) * ''

The Mansion of Madness ''The Mansion of Madness'' (Spanish: ''La mansión de la locura'') is a 1973 Mexican horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, in his directorial debut, and starring Claudio Brook, Arthur Hansel, Ellen Sherman, and Martin LaSalle. Set in 19 ...

'' (1973) * '' The Holy Mountain'' (1973) (cinematographer) * ''Auandar Anapu (1975)'' * '' Pafnucio Santo'' (1977) * ''Deseos (1978) '' ;Video * ''Las Lupitas'' (1984) * ''Figuras de la pasión'' (1984) * ''Relatos'' (short) (1986) * ''Huelga / Strike'' (documentary short) (1987) * ''Señores y señoras'' (documentary short) (1988) * ''Querida Benita'' (short) (1989) * ''Forjadores ''(documentary short) (1990) * ''Murmullos'' (1991) * ''Folklor'' (1991) * ''Rulfo aeternum'' (1992) * ''Urbano y Natalia'' (short) (1994) * ''El maestro prodigioso'' (2010)

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* 1930 births 2013 deaths Mexican cinematographers Mexican film directors Mexican screenwriters People from Puebla (city) {{Mexico-film-director-stub