Adolfo Arrieta

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-28 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

Adolfo Arrieta

Biography

Adolfo González Arrieta is a spanish filmmaker, considered as the pioneer of independent film both in Spain and France, due to the artisan quality and the unique spirit of freedom of his films. He usually uses variations of his name in the credits of his films, such as Udolfo Arrieta, Alfo Arrieta or Adolpho Arrieta. His cinematic language is very poetic, apart from narrative conventions, which has made it to be compared with the cinema of Jean Cocteau. Having started as a painter, Arrieta began his filmmaking with the short films El crimen de la pirindola (1965) and Imitación del ángel (1966) both shot in Madrid, a milestone for independent ...

Production

1971

Numéro zéro

as Director of Photography

1969

1969

Le Jouet criminel

as Production Design

1969

1969

1969

1978

Flames

as Editor

1978

Flames

as Writer

1978

Flames

as Director

1983

Frogs

as Director

1976

Tam Tam

as Screenplay

1976

Tam Tam

as Director

2006

2003

Eco y Narciso

as Director

1991

Merlín

as Director

2008

Dry Martini

as Director

2017

Sleeping Beauty

as Director

2017

1969

Le Jouet criminel

as Director of Photography

2017

1983

Frogs

as Writer

1991

Merlín

as Writer

2006

2003

Eco y Narciso

as Writer

2008

Dry Martini

as Writer

1972

Le Château de Pointilly

as Director of Photography

1970

Ce que cherche Jacques

as Camera Operator

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