
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
6.0A 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
A discussion on technological education and its impact on promoting better wages and improving workers' quality of life.
Ocho Horas
1975
5.8A 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
5.8The 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
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
5.4Mythical 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
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.0A 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
6.0A 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
A discussion on technological education and its impact on promoting better wages and improving workers' quality of life.
Ocho Horas
1975
5.8A 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
5.8A 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
5.8The 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
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
5.4Mythical 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
5.4Mythical 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
8.0Soil 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
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
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
Documentary on the daily life of an Otomí community, highlighting the importance of their school education being in their mother tongue.
Quinto Sol
1975
Depicts the traditional representation of the Passion of Christ in the town of Iztapalapa during Holy Week.
La pasión
1968
Mexican short documentary.
Un Retrato del Indio
1985
6.9Two 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
6.9Two 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
Various interviews with students of Medicine, Dentistry, Actuarial and Sciences, about the educational system and violence at UNAM
Interviews with UNAM Students
1968
Various interviews with students of Medicine, Dentistry, Actuarial and Sciences, about the educational system and violence at UNAM
Interviews with UNAM Students
1968
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
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
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
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
