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Raúl Ruiz

Raúl Ruiz

Director · 1941–2011 · Puerto Montt, Chile

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Biography

Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino (25 July 1941 – 19 August 2011) was an experimental Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher whose work is best known in France.

Directed 81

2020s

  1. 2023

    Socialist Realism

    Director

  2. 2020

    The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

    Director

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Wandering Soap Opera

    Director

  2. 2012
  3. Night Across the Street

    Director

  4. Ballet aquatique

    Director

  5. Epistolar

    Director

  6. 2011

    Mysteries of Lisbon

    Director

  7. 2010

    Mysteries of Lisbon

    Director

2000s

  1. 2009

    Nucingen House

    Director

  2. 2008

    The Suitcase

    Director

  3. Litoral

    Director

  4. 2007
  5. La Recta Provincia

    Director

  6. La Recta Provincia

    Director

  7. 2006
  8. 2005

    The Lost Domain

    Director

  9. 2004

    Days in the Country

    Director

  10. Edipo

    Director

  11. 2003

    A Place Among the Living

    Director

  12. That Day

    Director

  13. Médée: Chronique d’une mise en scène

    Director

  14. 2002

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Director

  15. Miotte by Ruiz

    Director

  16. 2001

    Savage Souls

    Director

  17. 2000

    Love Torn in a Dream

    Director

  18. Comedy of Innocence

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    Time Regained

    Director

  2. 1998

    Shattered Image

    Director

  3. 1997

    The Film to Come

    Director

  4. Genealogies of a Crime

    Director

  5. 1996

    Three Lives and Only One Death

    Director

  6. 1995

    Concerning Nice

    Director

  7. Fado, Major and Minor

    Director

  8. 1994
  9. The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners

    Director

  10. 1993

    Mirror of Tunisia/Tunisia, the Trance and the Stone

    Director

  11. 1992

    Little White Dove

    Director

  12. Dark at Noon

    Director

  13. The Solitudes

    Director

  14. Visions and Marvels of the Christian Religion

    Director

  15. 1991

    Three Crowns of the Sailor

    Director

  16. The Golden Boat

    Director

  17. A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

    Director

  18. 1990

    Brise-glace

    Director

1980s

  1. 1987

    The Blind Owl

    Director

  2. Brise-Glace: Histoires de glace

    Director

  3. Dog's Dialogue

    Director

  4. Life Is a Dream

    Director

  5. Professor Taranne

    Director

  6. 1986

    Mammame

    Director

  7. Dans un miroir

    Director

  8. Richard III

    Director

  9. Treasure Island

    Director

  10. 1985

    The Insomniac on the Bridge

    Director

  11. Régime sans pain

    Director

  12. 1984

    7 False Connections

    Director

  13. Manoel’s Destinies

    Director

  14. The Real Presence

    Director

  15. Vanishing Point

    Director

  16. City of Pirates

    Director

  17. Manuel on the Island of Wonders

    Director

  18. 1983

    Bérénice

    Director

  19. The Return of a Library Lover

    Director

  20. 1982

    On Top of the Whale

    Director

  21. 1981

    The Territory

    Director

  22. 1980

    Snakes and Ladders

    Director

  23. Of Great Events and Ordinary People

    Director

  24. The New City

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Petit manuel d'histoire de France

    Director

  2. 1978

    The Suspended Vocation

    Director

  3. The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

    Director

  4. The Divisions of Nature

    Director

  5. 1976

    Utopia: The Scattered Body and the World Upside Down

    Director

  6. Sotelo

    Director

  7. 1975

    Dialogues of Exiles

    Director

  8. 1973

    Abastecimiento

    Director

  9. 1971

    Now We're Going to Call You Brother

    Director

  10. Nobody Said Anything

    Director

1960s

  1. 1968

    Three Sad Tigers

    Director

Wrote 63

2020s

  1. 2023

    Socialist Realism

    Screenplay

  2. 2020

    The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

    Screenplay

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Wandering Soap Opera

    Screenplay

  2. 2012

    Night Across the Street

    Writer

  3. Ballet aquatique

    Writer

  4. Epistolar

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2009

    Nucingen House

    Screenplay

  2. 2008
  3. The Suitcase

    Writer

  4. Litoral

    Writer

  5. 2007

    La Recta Provincia

    Writer

  6. La Recta Provincia

    Writer

  7. 2006
  8. 2005

    The Lost Domain

    Writer

  9. 2004

    Days in the Country

    Screenplay

  10. 2003

    A Place Among the Living

    Writer

  11. That Day

    Writer

  12. 2002

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Writer

  13. 2000

    Love Torn in a Dream

    Screenplay

  14. Comedy of Innocence

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1999

    Time Regained

    Scenario Writer

  2. 1998

    The Stranger From Strasbourg

    Writer

  3. 1997

    The Film to Come

    Writer

  4. Genealogies of a Crime

    Writer

  5. 1996

    Elle

    Screenplay

  6. Three Lives and Only One Death

    Writer

  7. 1995

    Fado, Major and Minor

    Writer

  8. 1994
  9. The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners

    Screenplay

  10. 1992

    Little White Dove

    Screenplay

  11. Dark at Noon

    Writer

  12. Amelia Lópes O'Neill

    Writer, Adaptation

  13. Visions and Marvels of the Christian Religion

    Writer

  14. 1991

    Three Crowns of the Sailor

    Writer

  15. The Golden Boat

    Writer

  16. 1990

    Brise-glace

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1989

    Earthen Man

    Writer

  2. 1987

    The Blind Owl

    Writer

  3. Brise-Glace: Histoires de glace

    Writer

  4. Dog's Dialogue

    Writer

  5. Life Is a Dream

    Writer

  6. Professor Taranne

    Writer

  7. 1986

    Mammame

    Writer

  8. Dans un miroir

    Writer

  9. Treasure Island

    Writer

  10. 1985

    The Insomniac on the Bridge

    Screenplay

  11. Régime sans pain

    Writer

  12. 1984

    Manoel’s Destinies

    Writer

  13. Vanishing Point

    Screenplay

  14. City of Pirates

    Screenplay

  15. 1983

    Bérénice

    Writer

  16. 1982

    On Top of the Whale

    Writer

  17. 1980

    Snakes and Ladders

    Writer

  18. Of Great Events and Ordinary People

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1978

    The Suspended Vocation

    Screenplay

  2. The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

    Writer

  3. Dora and the Magic Lantern

    Scenario Writer

  4. 1976

    Utopia: The Scattered Body and the World Upside Down

    Writer

  5. 1975

    Dialogues of Exiles

    Screenplay

  6. La Femme au foyer

    Screenplay

  7. 1971

    Nobody Said Anything

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1968

    Three Sad Tigers

    Writer

Acted in 10

2010s

  1. 2018

    Inner Sage / Outer King

    Movie

  2. 2014

    What Now? Remind Me

    (archive footage)

  3. 2012

    Ballet aquatique

    Movie

  4. Epistolar

    Don Fernando (voice)

1990s

  1. 1991

    Three Crowns of the Sailor

    Small Role (uncredited)

1980s

  1. 1989

    Palombella rossa

    Santone di Simone

  2. 1987

    Dog's Dialogue

    (uncredited)

  3. 1985

    The Castaways of Liguria

    Marinero

1970s

  1. 1977

    Chuquiago

    Movie

  2. 1973

    La Victoria

    Movie

Produced 6

2020s

  1. 2023

    Socialist Realism

    Producer

  2. 2020

    The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

    Casting

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Wandering Soap Opera

    Producer

2000s

  1. 2002

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1991

    El arte de poner los cuernos

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1975

    Dialogues of Exiles

    Production Director

Edited 3

2010s

  1. 2012

    Night Across the Street

    Editor

2000s

  1. 2008

    The Suitcase

    Editor

  2. 2002

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Editor

Created 3

2010s

  1. 2011

    Mysteries of Lisbon

    Creator

2000s

  1. 2008

    Litoral

    Creator

1980s

  1. 1984

    Manuel on the Island of Wonders

    Creator

Art department 2

2020s

  1. 2020

    The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

    Production Design

2000s

  1. 2009

    Nucingen House

    Production Design

Camera 1

2000s

  1. 2002

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Director of Photography

Appearances13

2010s

  1. 2012

    The Other Day

    Self

  2. 2010

    L'Imprésario

    Self

  3. A tu día le falta Aldo!

    Self · 1 episode

2000s

  1. 2006
  2. Raoul Ruiz: From Chile to Klossowski

    Himself

  3. 2002

    Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

    Narrator

  4. 2001

    Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer

    Self

1990s

  1. 1992

    The Solitudes

    Narrator

1980s

  1. 1988

    Exiles

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1984

    7 False Connections

    Self

  3. Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

    himself

  4. Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country

    Self

  5. 1982

    Cinématon n°228 : Raoul Ruiz

    Himself