- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 13, 1943
- Place of Birth
- Mexico City, Mexico
Arturo Ripstein
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 ch…
Filmography
movieMemoria de Los Olvidados
2025 · Narrator (voice)
movieWhere Is Juan Moctezuma?
2025 · Self
movieJugaremos en el bosque
2024 · Don Francisco (Patriarca)
movieRecuerdo De Mi Presentación
2020 · V.O. Sacerdote
movieDevil Between the Legs
2019 · Director
movieOne Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017 · Self
movieThe Queen of Spain
2016 · Sam Spiegelman
movieSignos de vida y rebeldía
2016 · Producer
movieBleak Street
2015 · Director, Editor
movieInternet Junkie
2015 · Roberto
movieTras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
2015 · Self
movieThe Reasons of the Heart
2011 · Director
movieCrazy Carnival
2006 · Director
Los héroes y el tiempo
movieLos héroes y el tiempo
2005 · Director
Mi gran noche
movieMi gran noche
2004 · Director, Writer
movieThe Virgin of Lust
2002 · Director
Arturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel
movieArturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel
2002 · Himself
movieSuch is Life
2001 · Director
movieThe Ruination of Men
2000 · Director
movieSpeaking of Buñuel
2000 · Self
movieNo One Writes to the Colonel
1999 · Director
movieKurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999 · Self
movieDivine
1998 · Director
movieDeep Crimson
1996 · Director
movieLa mujer del puerto
1996 · Director
movieThe Queen of the Night
1994 · Director
movieThe Beginning and the End
1994 · Producer, Director
tvTriángulo
1992 · Director, Creator
tvLa sonrisa del Diablo
1992 · Director
tvSimplemente Maria
1989 · Director
movieLove Lies
1989 · Director
tvDulce Desafío
1988 · Director
movieThe Realm of Fortune
1986 · Director
movieEl otro
1986 · Director
movieThe African Lover
1985
movieThe Black Widow
1983 · Director
movieSeduction
1981 · Director, Writer
movieTrail of Death
1981 · , Director, Story
movieAunt Alejandra
1980 · Director
movieAdriana del Rio, actriz
1979 · Self
movieThe Flight of the Stork
1979 · Cliente banco
movieLife Sentence
1979 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Illegal
1979 · Director
movieThe Place Without Limits
1978 · Director, Screenplay
movieLecumberri, the Dark Palace
1977 · Director, Writer
movieCuartelazo
1977 · Embajador
movieThe Drunkard
1976 · Director, Writer
movieFoxtrot
1976 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Holy Inquisition
1974 · Director, Writer
movieCinco mil dolares de recompensa
1974 · Writer
movieLa causa (Tres preguntas a Chávez)
1974 · Director
movieCastle of Purity
1973 · Director, Writer
movieThe Castaway on the Street of Providence
1971 · Director
movieWhoever is Responsible
1971 · Writer
movieAutobiografía
1970 · Director
movieExorcismos
1970 · Director
movieCrimen
1970 · Director
movieLa belleza
1970 · Director, Writer
movieMemories of the Future
1969 · Director, Writer
movieThe Children's Hour
1969 · Director, Writer
movieFamiliarities
1969
movieMariana
1968
movieThe Specter's Road
1967 · Matilde's Son
movieDangerous Game
1967 · Director
movieH.O.
1967 · Director
movieTime to Die
1966 · Director
movieThere Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
movieLos novios de mis hijas
1964
movieThe Exterminating Angel
1962 · Assistant Director
Tiempo de Correr
movieTiempo de Correr
— · Director