
He directed several cult films, namely the infamous "El Topo," a Midnight movie favorite. The 1970s saw him transition into the world of film where he quickly put a defining stamp on all his cinematic works. This innovative artistic movement allowed him to creatively participate in over a 100 theater productions. In the 1960s, Jodorowsky ventured further into the world of theater, creating in Mexico, the Panic Movement. He traveled with a pantomime troupe in the 1950s, and within a couple years had made his way to Paris where he collaborated with the world-renowned mime Marcel Marceau. Jodorowsky was multi-talented from an early age, becoming skilled in puppetry and mime, in addition to writing, by his late teens.


Born February 7th, 1929, in Tocopilla, Chile, of a Jewish Ukrainian immigrant family.
