Arturo Ripstein
Known For
Directing
Born
1943-12-13 in Mexico City, Mexico
Biography
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."
Most Known For
The Queen of Spain
as Sam Spiegelman
Familiarities
Jugaremos en el bosque
as Don Francisco (Patriarca)
Internet Junkie
as Roberto
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self
Trail of Death
Cuartelazo
as Embajador
Memoria de Los Olvidados
as Narrator (voice)
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Self
There Are No Thieves in This Village
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
as Self
Adriana del Rio, actriz
as Self
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
as Self
The Specter's Road
as Matilde's Son
The Flight of the Stork
as Cliente banco
Where Is Juan Moctezuma?
as Self
Los novios de mis hijas
Recuerdo De Mi Presentación
as V.O. Sacerdote
Mariana
Arturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel
as Himself