- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 28, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Madrid, Spain
Adolfo Arrieta
Adolfo González Arrieta is a spanish filmmaker, considered as the pioneer of independent film both in Spain and France, due to the artisan quality and the unique spirit of freedom of his films. He usually uses variations of his name in the credits of his films, such as Udolfo Arrieta, Alfo Arrieta or Adolpho Arrieta. His cinematic language is very poetic, apart from narrative conventions, which has made it to be compared with the cinema of Jean Cocteau. Having started as a painter, Arrieta began his filmmaking with the short films El crimen de la pirindola (1965) and Imitación del ángel (1966) both shot in Madrid, a milestone for independent cinema in Spain. He moved to Paris in 1967 with Javier Grandes, an usual actor in most of his films, where he would live through the events of May 1968. In 1969 he met Jean Marais, leading actor in La Belle et la Bête (1945), Orphée (1949) and Le Tes…
Filmography
movieF.-M. Banier filmé par A. Arietta
2026 · Director
movieThe Red Anorak
2026 · Writer, Director
movieTo Laugh, to Sing, Perchance to Cry
2024 · Director de cine
movieThe Kegelstatt Trio
2022 · Jorge
movieSleeping Beauty
2017 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieAdolfo Arrietta, (cadré - décadré)
2015 · Self
movieF.M. Banier filmé par A. Arrietta
2015 · Director
movieL'Imprésario
2010 · Self
movieFragmentos para una historia del otro cine español
2010
movieDry Martini
2008 · Director, Writer
Vacanza permanente
movieVacanza permanente
2006 · Director, Writer
movieEco y Narciso
2003 · Director, Writer
Merlín
movieMerlín
1991 · , Director, Writer
Delusions of Love: Kikí
movieDelusions of Love: Kikí
1989 · Director
movieHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieFrogs
1983 · Baronne Kempf, Director, Writer
Cinématon VI
movieCinématon VI
1979 · N°50
movieFlames
1978 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieTam Tam
1976 · , Director, Screenplay
movieThe Adventures of Sylvia Couski
1975 · Director, Writer
movieLe Château de Pointilly
1972 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
movieNuméro zéro
1971 · Director of Photography
movieCe que cherche Jacques
1970 · Camera Operator
movieLe Jouet criminel
1969 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Production Design, Director of Photography
La mano de madera
movieLa mano de madera
1968
La imitación del ángel
movieLa imitación del ángel
1966 · Director, Writer
movieThe Crime of the Spinning Top
1965 · , Director, Writer