# Alejandro Jodorowsky

Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker and mystic who blends surrealism, alchemy, and psychomagic in violently visionary cinema.

**Lived:** 1929–present (b. Tocopilla, Chile)
**Nationality:** Chilean and French
**Training:** mime under Étienne Decroux; studied psychology and philosophy at University of Chile
**Affiliation:** avant-garde filmmaker; co-founder of Panic Movement; depth psychology and esotericism practitioner

## Key works

- *El Topo* (1970)
- *The Holy Mountain* (1973)
- *Santa Sangre* (1989)
- *The Incal* (1981)
- *The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards* (2004)
- *Psychomagic* (1995)