Raoul Ruiz

Raoul Ruiz

Birthday: Jul 25, 1941
Birthplace: Puerto Montt, Chile

Bio: Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz is one of the most innovative and versatile filmmakers in international cinema. The free-spirited Ruiz is unafraid to experiment in a variety of genres, including documentaries; he is also prolific and during his twenty year career has made over 50 films for theatrical release and European television. Before becoming a director, Ruiz… More Bio: Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz is one of the most innovative and versatile filmmakers in international cinema. The free-spirited Ruiz is unafraid to experiment in a variety of genres, including documentaries; he is also prolific and during his twenty year career has made over 50 films for theatrical release and European television. Before becoming a director, Ruiz wrote over 100 plays for avant-garde theater between 1956-1962. He began playing with filmmaking in the early sixties, but did not release a full feature Tres Tristes Tigres until 1968. This film put Ruiz in league with Chilean cinema innovators Miguel Littin and Aldo Francia. Ruiz's political activities forced him into to self-exile during the politically tempestuous '70s. Since 1973, he has been living in Paris where he has worked in European television while also continuing to make features. His films are characterized by fantastic images that deftly meld reality with imagination. To create his images, he utilizes a variety of strange camera angles, close-ups, bright colors, and complex plotlines that force the audience to work hard to understand his message. Though his films are renowned internationally, only a few of his films are available in the US. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Filmography

Petit Manuel D'histoire De France (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
Richard III (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)
- Director
- 83%
Mysteries Of Lisbon: Part 1 (2011)
- Director
Mysteries Of Lisbon: Part 2 (2011)
- Director
Elle (2011)
- Screenwriter
A Closed Book (2010)
- Director
- 17%
La maison Nucingen (Nucingen House) (2008)
- Director
Klimt (2006)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 31%
Days in the Country (Dias de campo) (2004)
- Director, Screenwriter
Savage Soul (2004)
- Director
That Day (Ce jour-là) (2003)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 57%
A Place Among the Living (Une place parmi les vivants) (2003)
- Director
Âmes fortes, Les, (Savage Souls) (2001)
- Director
Combat d'amour en songe (Love Torn in Dream) (2000)
- Director
Comédie de l'innocence (Comedy of Innocence) (2000)
- Director
Time Regained (1999)
- Screenwriter, Director
- 68%
Shattered Image (1998)
- Director
- 25%
Genealogies of a Crime (Généalogies d'un crime) (1997)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 80%
Trois vies & une seule mort (Three Lives and Only One Death) (1996)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 56%
L'Oeil qui ment (Dark at Noon, or Eyes and Lies) (1992)
- Director
The Golden Boat (1990)
- Screenwriter, Director
Mémoire des apparences, (Life Is a Dream) (1988)
- Director
La chouette aveugle (The Blind Owl) (1987)
- Director
On Top Of The Whale (Het Dak Van De Walvis) (1986)
- Screenwriter, Director
Mammame (1986)
- Director
L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma (1985)
- Screenwriter, Director
Treasure Island (1985)
- Screenwriter, Director
Ville des pirates, La (A Cidade dos Piratas)(City of Pirates) (1983)
- Director
Three Crowns of the Sailor (1982)
- Screenwriter, Director
On Top of the Whale (1982)
- Director
O Território (The Territory) (1981)
- Director, Screenwriter
L'Hypothèse du tableau volé (The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting) (1979)
- Director
La vocation suspendue (The Suspended Vocation) (1978)
- Director
Colloque des chiens (Dog's Dialogue) (1977)
- Director
Dialogues of the Exiled (Dialogos de exiliados) (Dialogues of Exiles) (1975)
- Director
El Realismo Socialista (1973)
- Director
Three Sad Tigers (Tres tristes tigres) (1968)
- Director
Maleta, La (1960)
- Screenwriter, Director
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