Ripstein, Arturo 1943–
RIPSTEIN, Arturo 1943–
PERSONAL
Full name, Arturo Ripstein Rosen; born December 13, 1943, in Mexico City, Mexico; son of Alfredo, Jr. (a producer) and Frieda (maiden name, Rosen) Ripstein; married Paz Alicia Garciadiego (a writer and composer). Education: Studied film at National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Career: Director, producer, writer, and actor. Began career as an assistant director for filmmaker Luis Bunuel in 1962.
Awards, Honors: Golden Ariel Award, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, 1973, for El castillo de la pureza; nomination for Golden Palm, Cannes Film Festival, 1974, for El santo oficio; Golden Ariel Award and Special Prize of the Jury, San Sebastian International Film Festival, both 1978, for El lugar sin limites; Golden Ariel Award, 1979, for Cadena perpetua; nomination for Golden Prize, Moscow International Film Festival, 1981, for La seduccion; Golden Ariel Award nomination, and Silver Ariel Award nomination, best direction, both 1984, for La viuda negra; Golden Ariel Award and Silver Ariel Award, best direction, both 1987, for El imperio de la fortuna; nomination for Golden St. George, Moscow International Film Festival, 1989, for Mentiras piadosas; Golden Seashell, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 1993, Golden Ariel Award, 1994, FIPRESCI Award and DICINE Award, both Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival, 1994, Grand Coral First Prize and FIPRESCI Award, both Havana Film Festival, 1994, and Special Achievement Award, San Diego International Film Festival, 1997, all for Principio y fin; nomination for Golden Palm, Cannes Film Festival, and nomination for Golden Kikito, best Latin film, Gramado Film Festival, both 1994, for La reina de la noche; FIPRESCI Award and DICINE Award, both Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival, 1995, for La mujer del puerto; Golden Lion Award nomination, Venice Film Festival, 1996, Grand Coral First Prize and award for best director, both Havana Film Festival, 1995, and honorable mention for Latin American Cinema Award, Sundance Film Festival, 1997, all for Profundo carmesi; Mayahuel Award, best film, Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival, and Silver Ariel Award nomination, best direction, both 1999, for El evangelio de las maravillas; nomination for Golden Palm, Cannes Film Festival, 1999, and Latin American Cinema Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2000, both for El coronel no tiene quien le escriba; Akira Kurosawa Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1999; Special Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Award (with Arcelia Ramirez), both Havana Film Festival, 2000, for Asi es la vida; Golden Seashell and FIPRESCI Award, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2000, and two Golden Kikitos, best film and best director, both Latin film competition, 2002, all for La perdicion de los hombres; special mention for San Marco Prize, Venice Film Festival, 2002, for La virgen de la lujuria; retrospectives of Ripstein's work have appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
CREDITS
Film Director:
Tiempo de morir (also known as A Time to Die ), Alameda Films, 1965.
"HO," Juego peligroso (also known as Jogo perigoso ), Alameda Films, 1966.
Los recuerdos del porvenir (also known as Memories of the Future ), Alameda Films, 1968.
(And producer) La hora de los ninos (also known as The Children's Hour ), Cine Independiente de Mexico, 1969.
(And producer) Crimen, 1970.
(And producer) Exorcismo, 1970.
(And producer) La belleza, 1970.
(With Rafael Castanedo) El naufrago de la Calle Providencia (documentary; also known as The Castaway of Providence Street and The Castaway on the Street of Providence ), 1970.
(And producer) Autobiografia, 1971.
El castillo de la pureza (also known as Castle of Purity ), Estudios Churub busco Azteca, 1973.
Los otros ninos, 1974.
El santo oficio (also known as The Holy Office ), 1975.
Foxtrot (also known as The Far Side of Paradise and The Other Side of Paradise ), New World, 1975.
Lecumberri: El palacio negro (documentary; also known as Lecumberri: The Black Palace ), 1976.
El borracho, 1976.
La causa (documentary; also known as The Cause ), 1976.
La viuda negra (also known as The Black Widow ), 1977.
El lugar sin limites (also known as Hell without Limits and The Place without Limits ), 1978.
Cadena perpetua (also known as In for Life and Vicious Circle ), 1978.
La Tia Alejandra, 1979.
La ilegal, 1979.
La seduccion (also known as Seduction ), 1980.
Rastro de muerte, 1981.
El otro (also known as The Other ), Conacine, 1984.
Quitele el usted y tratamos, 1984.
De todo como en botica, 1984.
Contra hechos no hay palabras, 1986.
El imperio de la fortuna (also known as The Realm of Fortune ), Azteca, 1986.
Mentiras piadosas (also known as Love Lies and White Lies ), 1987.
La mujer del puerto (also known as Woman of the Port ), Alta Films, 1992.
(And producer) Principio y fin (also known as The Beginning and the End ), Prime Films, 1993.
La reina de la noche (also known as The Queen of the Night and La reine de la nuit ), JMM Invest, S.L., 1994.
Profundo carmesi (also known as Deep Crimson and Carmin profond ), New Yorker Films, 1996.
El evangelio de las maravillas (also known as Divine ), Wanda Distribucion Cinematografica de Films, 1998.
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (also known as No One Writes to the Colonel, Pas de lettre pour le colonel, and Personne n'ecrit au colonel ), Alta Films, 1999.
Asi es la vida (also known as Such Is Life and C'est la vie ), Wanda Vision, 2000.
La perdicion de los hombres (also known as The Plagues of Man and The Ruination of Men ), Wanda Vision, 2000.
La virgen de la lujuria (also known as The Virgin of Lust ), Laurenfilm, 2002.
Film Work; Other:
Producer, The Crime of Father Amaro, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 2002.
Film Appearances:
Dile que la quiero, 1963.
Raul, Los novios de mis hijas, 1964.
El dia comenzo ayer (also known as Opus 65 ), 1965.
El camino de los espantos, 1965.
Le muerte es puntual, 1967.
Autobiografia, 1971.
Adriana del Rio, actriz, 1979.
Rastro de muerte, 1981.
El amante africano, 1985.
Himself, Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (documentary), Channel Four Films, 1999.
Himself, A proposito de Bunuel (documentary; also known as Speaking of Bunuel and A propos de Bunuel ), Wanda Vision, 2000.
Television Director; Movies:
Hombre con guitarra (also known as Man with Guitar ), 1977.
Television Director; Episodic:
Director for the series Dulce desafio, La sonrisa del diablo, and Triangulo.
WRITINGS
Screenplays:
La hora de los ninos (also known as The Children's Hour ), Cine Independiente de Mexico, 1969.
Crimen, 1970.
Exorcismo, 1970.
La belleza, 1970.
Autobiografia, 1971.
(Adaptor) Cinco mil dolares de recompensa, 1972.
(With Jose Emilio Pacheco) El castillo de la pureza (also known as Castle of Purity ), Estudios Churub busco Azteca, 1973.
El santo oficio (also known as The Holy Office ), 1974.
Foxtrot (also known as The Far Side of Paradise and The Other Side of Paradise ), New World, 1975.
Lecumberri: El palacio negro (documentary; also known as Lecumberri: The Black Palace ), 1976.
(With Vicente Lenero) Cadena perpetua (also known as In for Life and Vicious Circle ), 1978.
(With Manual Puig) El lugar sin limites (based on a novel by Jose Donoso; also known as Hell without Limits and The Place without Limits ), 1978.
La seduccion (also known as Seduction ), 1980.
ADAPTATIONS
The film Rastro de muerte, released in 1981, was based on a story by Ripstein.
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996.
Periodicals:
Film Quarterly, summer, 1999, p. 2.
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Ripstein, Arturo 1943–