Arturo Ripstein

Directing·Dec 13, 1943·Mexico City, Mexico

Rate

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."

Film	Credit
Memoria de Los Olvidados2025 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
Where Is Juan Moctezuma?2025 · Self	Self
Jugaremos en el bosque2024 · Don Francisco (Patriarca)	Don Francisco (Patriarca)
Recuerdo De Mi Presentación2020 · V.O. Sacerdote	V.O. Sacerdote
Devil Between the Legs2019 · Director	Director
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo2017 · Self	Self
The Queen of Spain2016 · Sam Spiegelman	Sam Spiegelman
Signos de vida y rebeldía2016 · Producer	Producer
Bleak Street2015 · Director	Director
Internet Junkie2015 · Roberto	Roberto
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin2015 · Self	Self
The Reasons of the Heart2011 · Director	Director
Crazy Carnival2006 · Director	Director
LLos héroes y el tiempo2005 · Director	Director
MMi gran noche2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Virgin of Lust2002 · Director	Director
AArturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel2002 · Himself	Himself
Such is Life2001 · Director	Director
The Ruination of Men2000 · Director	Director
Speaking of Buñuel2000 · Self	Self
No One Writes to the Colonel1999 · Director	Director
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor1999 · Self	Self
Divine1998 · Director	Director
Deep Crimson1996 · Director	Director
Woman of the Port1996 · Director	Director
The Queen of the Night1994 · Director	Director
The Beginning and the End1994 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Love Lies1989 · Director	Director
The Realm of Fortune1986 · Director	Director
El otro1986 · Director	Director
The African Lover1985 · Actor	Actor
The Black Widow1983 · Director	Director
Seduction1981 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Trail of Death1981 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Aunt Alejandra1980 · Director	Director
Adriana del Rio, actriz1979 · Self	Self
The Flight of the Stork1979 · Cliente banco	Cliente banco
Life Sentence1979 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Illegal1979 · Director	Director
The Place Without Limits1978 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lecumberri, the Dark Palace1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Cuartelazo1977 · Embajador	Embajador
The Drunkard1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Foxtrot1976 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Holy Inquisition1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Cinco mil dolares de recompensa1974 · Writer	Writer
La causa (Tres preguntas a Chávez)1974 · Director	Director
Castle of Purity1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer