Rafael Corkidi

Birthday: 5/20/1930
Deathday: 9/18/2013
Place of birth: Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Fame for: Directing

Biography

Rafael Corkidi Acriche (May 20, 1930 - September 18, 2013) was a Mexican filmmaker and videographer who collaborated, as director of photography with Alejandro Jodorowsky in the tapes Fando and Lis (1968), El Topo (1970) and The Holy Mountain(1973). He was the director of the first Mexican and Latin American feature film made entirely in video format, Figures of Passion (1983).