Biography
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."
Directed 44
2010s
- 2019
Devil Between the Legs
Director
- 2015
Bleak Street
Director
- 2011
The Reasons of the Heart
Director
2000s
- 2006
Crazy Carnival
Director
- 2002
The Virgin of Lust
Director
- 2001
Such is Life
Director
- 2000
The Ruination of Men
Director
1990s
- 1999
No One Writes to the Colonel
Director
- 1998
Divine
Director
- 1996
Deep Crimson
Director
Woman of the Port
Director
- 1994
The Queen of the Night
Director
The Beginning and the End
Director
- 1992
Triángulo
Director
La sonrisa del Diablo
Director
1980s
- 1989
Love Lies
Director
- 1988
- 1986
The Realm of Fortune
Director
- 1983
The Black Widow
Director
- 1981
Seduction
Director
Trail of Death
Director
- 1980
Aunt Alejandra
Director
1970s
- 1979
The Illegal
Director
- 1978
The Place Without Limits
Director
- 1977
Lecumberri, the Dark Palace
Director
- 1976
The Drunkard
Director
Foxtrot
Director
- 1974
The Holy Inquisition
Director
La causa (Tres preguntas a Chávez)
Director
- 1973
Castle of Purity
Director
- 1971
The Castaway on the Street of Providence
Director
- 1970
Autobiografía
Director
Exorcismos
Director
La belleza
Director
Crimen
Director
1960s
- 1969
Memories of the Future
Director
The Children's Hour
Director
- 1967
Dangerous Game
Director
H.O.
Director
- 1966
Time to Die
Director
- 1962
Wrote 16
1980s
- 1986
- 1981
Seduction
Writer
Trail of Death
Story
- 1980
Aunt Alejandra
Screenplay
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
The Place Without Limits
Screenplay
- 1977
Lecumberri, the Dark Palace
Writer
- 1976
The Drunkard
Writer
Foxtrot
Screenplay
- 1974
The Holy Inquisition
Writer
Cinco mil dolares de recompensa
Writer
- 1973
Castle of Purity
Writer
- 1971
Whoever is Responsible
Writer
- 1970
La belleza
Writer
1960s
- 1969
Memories of the Future
Writer
The Children's Hour
Writer
Acted in 13
2020s
- 2024
Jugaremos en el bosque
Don Francisco (Patriarca)
- 2020
Recuerdo De Mi Presentación
V.O. Sacerdote
2010s
- 2016
- 2015
Internet Junkie
Roberto
1980s
- 1985
The African Lover
Movie
- 1981
Trail of Death
Movie
1970s
- 1979
The Flight of the Stork
Cliente banco
- 1977
Cuartelazo
Embajador
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
Mariana
Movie
- 1967
- 1965
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Movie
- 1964
Los novios de mis hijas
Movie
Produced 2
2010s
- 2016
Signos de vida y rebeldía
Producer
1990s
- 1994
The Beginning and the End
Producer
Edited 1
2010s
- 2015
Bleak Street
Editor
Created 1
1990s
- 1992
Triángulo
Creator
Appearances7
2020s
- 2025
Memoria de Los Olvidados
Narrator (voice)
Where Is Juan Moctezuma?
Self
2010s
- 2017
- 2015
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Self
2000s
- 2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
1990s
- 1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
1970s
- 1979
Adriana del Rio, actriz
Self