Rafael Corkidi

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Corkidi and the second or maternal family name is Acriche.

Rafael Corkidi
Born	(1930-05-20)20 May 1930 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Died	18 September 2013(2013-09-18) (aged 83)
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1957–2013

Rafael Corkidi Acriche (20 May 1930 – 18 September 2013) was a Mexican cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a cinematographer and contributed to the visual style and cinematography in three films directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in Mexico, Fando y Lis, El Topo, and The Holy Mountain. Eventually he became a director in his own right, including films such as Angels and Cherubs, Auandar Anapu, Pafnucio Santo and Deseos, his last film before he decided to pioneer video as a mean of expression.

In 2013, he was awarded the Ariel de Oro, Mexico's top film prize, for his contributions to the Mexican film industry.

Selected filmography / videography

• Fando y Lis (1968) (cinematographer)
• El Topo (1970) (cinematographer)
• Apolinar (1971) (cinematographer)
• Angels and Cherubs (1972)
• The Mansion of Madness (1973)
• The Holy Mountain (1973) (cinematographer)
• Auandar Anapu (1975)
• Pafnucio Santo (1977)
• Deseos (1978)

Video

• Las Lupitas (1984)
• Figuras de la pasión (1984)
• Relatos (short) (1986)
• Huelga / Strike (documentary short) (1987)
• Señores y señoras (documentary short) (1988)
• Querida Benita (short) (1989)
• Forjadores (documentary short) (1990)
• Murmullos (1991)
• Folklor (1991)
• Rulfo aeternum (1992)
• Urbano y Natalia (short) (1994)
• El maestro prodigioso (2010)

External links

• Rafael Corkidi at IMDb