Alfredo Joskowicz

Directing

Alfredo Joskowicz

Born — Died

1937-08-16 — 2012-07-05

Place of birth

Ciudad de México, México

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Alfredo Joskowicz Bobrowicki (Mexico City, August 16, 1937 - Ibidem, July 5, 2012) was a Mexican filmmaker, actor, screenwriter and producer of Polish origin. He was director of Estudios América between 1983 and 1985, and of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE) between 2000 and 2006. He was also a member of the Awards Commission of the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Playa azul poster
6.0

A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends refuse to help, and eventually his family leave him, leaving him with few options.

Playa azul

1992

Playa azul poster
6.0

A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends refuse to help, and eventually his family leave him, leaving him with few options.

Playa azul

1992

No artwork available
7.0

A discussion on technological education and its impact on promoting better wages and improving workers' quality of life.

Ocho Horas

1975

Crates poster
5.8

A man renounces all of his personal possessions. Looking for liberty, he goes with his girlfriend to live in a cave, away from the corruptions of the material world.

Crates

1976

Crates poster
5.8

A man renounces all of his personal possessions. Looking for liberty, he goes with his girlfriend to live in a cave, away from the corruptions of the material world.

Crates

1976

Meridiano 100 poster
5.8

The task of some guerrillas is to try to foment the conscience among peasants of a town, but their attempts will be tragically restricted.

Meridiano 100

1976

No artwork available
10.0

Film record of the traditional and popular pilgrimage or journey of penance made by believers to the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, with a perspective of respect and an interest that goes beyond the sociological.

La manda

1968

The Flying Pony poster
5.4

Mythical and fantastic story on the wishes of a peasant boy, Diego, who become reality in the course of a day and a night. On the eve of his birthday, the child's godfather gives her a shot of cardboard. At night, the little dreams that is mounted on the horse and find a nymph that describes the exact location of much needed water does to your family.

The Flying Pony

1982

The Flying Pony poster
5.4

Mythical and fantastic story on the wishes of a peasant boy, Diego, who become reality in the course of a day and a night. On the eve of his birthday, the child's godfather gives her a shot of cardboard. At night, the little dreams that is mounted on the horse and find a nymph that describes the exact location of much needed water does to your family.

The Flying Pony

1982

Erosión poster
8.0

Soil degradation, resulting from the excessive exploitation of trees, takes center stage in this powerful visual exhibition that warns of the dire repercussions of ecological imbalances caused by human ignorance and greed.

Erosión

1976

No artwork available
8.0

A visual review of the importance of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the life of the nation from the conquest to the present day.

Horizonte Abierto

1979

No artwork available
8.0

A visual review of the importance of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the life of the nation from the conquest to the present day.

Horizonte Abierto

1979

No artwork available
10.0

Documentary on the daily life of an Otomí community, highlighting the importance of their school education being in their mother tongue.

Quinto Sol

1975

No artwork available
10.0

Depicts the traditional representation of the Passion of Christ in the town of Iztapalapa during Holy Week.

La pasión

1968

No artwork available
9.0

Mexican short documentary.

Un Retrato del Indio

1985

El Cambio poster
6.9

Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.

El Cambio

1971

El Cambio poster
6.9

Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.

El Cambio

1971

No artwork available
NR

Various interviews with students of Medicine, Dentistry, Actuarial and Sciences, about the educational system and violence at UNAM

Interviews with UNAM Students

1968

No artwork available
NR

Various interviews with students of Medicine, Dentistry, Actuarial and Sciences, about the educational system and violence at UNAM

Interviews with UNAM Students

1968

No artwork available
7.5

Chapter 12 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between 1955 and 1959. At the end of the presidential term of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and the beginning of the presidency of Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Mexico is experiencing political stability and economic recovery after the 1954 devaluation.

Recordar es vivir (1955-1959)

1993

No artwork available
6.0

The lives of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the astronomer Carlos de Singüenza y Góngora intersect with those of a mysterious monk through a series of monologues and soliloquies in an internal struggle between their passions and clerical dogma.

Constelaciones

1980

No artwork available
6.0

The lives of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the astronomer Carlos de Singüenza y Góngora intersect with those of a mysterious monk through a series of monologues and soliloquies in an internal struggle between their passions and clerical dogma.

Constelaciones

1980

No artwork available
6.0

The lives of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the astronomer Carlos de Singüenza y Góngora intersect with those of a mysterious monk through a series of monologues and soliloquies in an internal struggle between their passions and clerical dogma.

Constelaciones

1980