Arturo Ripstein
Directing
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director. Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir. Written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez, it began a tradition of making independent films written by high-profile Latin-American authors. His 1981 film Seduction was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1989 film Love Lies was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1997 Ripstein won the National Prize of Arts and Sciences, the second filmmaker after Buñuel to do so. Some of Ripstein's films, especially the earlier ones, "highlighted characters beset by futile compulsions to escape [their]destinies". Many of his films are shot in tawdry interiors, with bleak brown color schemes, and seedy pathetic characters who manage to achieve a hint of pathos and dignity. Asi Es la Vida, according to Jonathan Crow, "boldly reworks the ancient Greek drama Medea, employing a dizzying array of flashbacks and Brechtian devices". Deep Crimson, according to the New York Times, is "a ferociously anti-romantic portrait of an obese nurse and a seedy small-time gigolo whose bungling scheme to swindle a succession of lonely women out of their life savings turns into a killing spree."
Known for
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movieDevil Between the Legs
2019
Director
movieBleak Street
2015
Director
movieCrazy Carnival
2006
Director
movieThe Virgin of Lust
2002
Director
movieSuch is Life
2001
Director
movieThe Ruination of Men
2000
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movieDivine
1998
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movieDeep Crimson
1996
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movieLa mujer del puerto
1996
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movieThe Queen of the Night
1994
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tvTriángulo
1992
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tvLa sonrisa del Diablo
1992
Director
tvSimplemente Maria
1989
Director
movieLove Lies
1989
Director
tvDulce Desafío
1988
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movieThe Realm of Fortune
1986
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movieEl otro
1986
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movieThe Black Widow
1983
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movieSeduction
1981
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movieTrail of Death
1981
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movieAunt Alejandra
1980
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movieLife Sentence
1979
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movieThe Illegal
1979
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movieThe Drunkard
1976
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movieFoxtrot
1976
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movieThe Holy Inquisition
1974
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movieCastle of Purity
1973
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movieAutobiografía
1970
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movieExorcismos
1970
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movieLa belleza
1970
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movieCrimen
1970
Director
movieMemories of the Future
1969
Director
movieThe Children's Hour
1969
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movieDangerous Game
1967
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movieH.O.
1967
Director
movieTime to Die
1966
Director
movieThe Exterminating Angel
1962
Assistant Director
Acting21
movieMemoria de Los Olvidados
2025
Narrator (voice)
movieJugaremos en el bosque
2024
Don Francisco (Patriarca)
movieRecuerdo De Mi Presentación
2020
V.O. Sacerdote
movieThe Queen of Spain
2016
Sam Spiegelman
movieInternet Junkie
2015
Roberto
movieThe Flight of the Stork
1979
Cliente banco
movieCuartelazo
1977
Embajador
movieThe Specter's Road
1967
Matilde's Son
Writing15
movieSeduction
1981
Writer
movieLife Sentence
1979
Screenplay
movieThe Place Without Limits
1978
Screenplay
movieThe Drunkard
1976
Writer
movieFoxtrot
1976
Screenplay
movieLa belleza
1970
Writer
Production2
Creator1
tvTriángulo
1992
Creator
Editing1
movieBleak Street
2015
Editor