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

Most Popular

Night Across the Street

Night Across the Street

Mysteries of Lisbon

Mysteries of Lisbon

Genealogies of a Crime (Généalogies d'un crime)

Genealogies of a Crime (Généalogies d'un crime)

Time Regained

Filmography

Night Across the Street (2013)
- Screenwriter, Director
- 92%
Blind Revenge (2012)
- Director
- 14%
Brise-glace (2012)
- Actor, Director
Cofralandes, rapsodia chilena (Chilean Rhapsody) (2012)
- Director, Actor
Cofralandes, cuarta parte: Evocaciones y valses (2012)
- Director, Actor
Petit Manuel D'histoire De France (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
Richard III (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
Fado majeur et mineur (2012)
- Screenwriter, Director
La expropiación (The Expropriation) (2012)
- Screenwriter, Director
Le domaine perdu (The Lost Domain) (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
Le Professeur Taranne (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)
- Director
- 84%
Mysteries Of Lisbon: Part 1 (2011)
- Director
Mysteries Of Lisbon: Part 2 (2011)
- Director
Palomita Blanca (2011)
- Screenwriter, Director
Nadie Dijo Nada (2011)
- Screenwriter, Director
Derriere le Mur (2011)
- Director
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
Miotte Vu Par Riuz (2001)
- Director
Comédie de l'innocence (Comedy of Innocence) (2000)
- Director
Combat d'amour en songe (Love Torn in Dream) (2000)
- Director, Screenwriter
Time Regained (1999)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 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)
- Screenwriter, Director
- 56%
Elle (1995)
- Screenwriter
L'Oeil qui ment (Dark at Noon, or Eyes and Lies) (1992)
- Director
The Golden Boat (1990)
- Director, Screenwriter
Mémoire des apparences, (Life Is a Dream) (1988)
- Director
La chouette aveugle (The Blind Owl) (1987)
- Director
Mammame (1986)
- Director
The Castaways of Liguria (1985)
- Midshipman
L'éveillé du pont de l'Alma (The Insomniac on the Bridge) (1985)
- Director, Screenwriter
Treasure Island (1985)
- Director, Screenwriter
La ville des pirates (City of Pirates) (1983)
- Director, Screenwriter
On Top Of The Whale (Het Dak Van De Walvis) (1982)
- Director, Screenwriter
Three Crowns of the Sailor (1982)
- Director, Screenwriter
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, Screenwriter
La vocation suspendue (The Suspended Vocation) (1978)
- Screenwriter, 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
Mistérios de Lisboa (Mysteries of Lisbon)
- Director
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Raoul Ruiz Videos

Klimt

Klimt

2 minutes 53 seconds

Time Regained

Time Regained

2 minutes 51 seconds

Mysteries Of Lisbon

Mysteries Of Lisbon

2 minutes 53 seconds

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