Alejandro Jodorowsky

One of the most idiosyncratic talents to emerge on the international film scene of the 1960s and ‘70s, Alexandro Jodorowsky (also credited as Alejandro Jodorowsky) became a counterculture icon in 1971 with the release of his film, El Topo, an underground sensation which helped launch the Midnight Movie phenomenon of the '70s. Also known as an artist, author, mime, theatrical director, actor, philosopher, mystic, and authority on the tarot, Jodorowsky was born in Tocapilla, Chile on February 17, 1929. His family moved to Santiago, Chile when he was nine, and after developing a ...