
Person
Rafael Corkidi
Directing · 1930–2013 · Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Biography
Rafael Corkidi Acriche (May 20, 1930 - September 18, 2013) was a Mexican filmmaker and videographer who collaborated, as director of photography with Alejandro Jodorowsky in the tapes Fando and Lis (1968), El Topo (1970) and The Holy Mountain(1973). He was the director of the first Mexican and Latin American feature film made entirely in video format, Figures of Passion (1983).
Known for

The Holy Mountain
Director of Photography

El Topo
Director of Photography

Holy Pafnucio
Producer

Rulfo aeternum
Director

Desires
Director

La creación artística. Cuevas
Cinematography

Las Lupitas
Director

Dispossession
Cinematography

The Shunammite
Camera Operator

Tajimara
Camera Operator
Filmography
- 2010The Prodigious TeacherDirector
- 1992Rulfo aeternumDirector
- 1989Querida BenitaDirector
- 1984Las LupitasDirector
- 1984Figuras de la pasiónDirector
- 1983DesiresDirector
- 1978PubertinajeCinematography
- 1977Holy PafnucioProducer
- 1975Auandar AnapuCinematography
- 1974PeregrinaDirector of Photography
- 1974Amigo campesinoDirector
- 1974South Southeast: 2604Director of Photography
- 1973The Holy MountainDirector of Photography
- 1973The Mansion of MadnessDirector of Photography
- 1972Angels and CherubsDirector
- 1972Fando and LisFando's Father / Well-Dressed Man with Beard (uncredited)
- 1972Song Dedicated to the World and Friends Who Accompany ItDirector
- 1972ApolinarCinematography
- 1970El TopoDirector of Photography
- 1969AnticlimaxCinematography
- 1969SiqueirosCinematography
- 1968Mexico 68: SnapshotsDirector
- 1965The ShunammiteCamera Operator
- 1965There Are No Thieves in This VillageDirector of Photography
- 1965TajimaraCamera Operator
- 1965The Beloved OnesDirector of Photography
- 1965La creación artística. CuevasCinematography
- 1960DispossessionCinematography
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