Rafael Corkidi

Rafael Corkidi Acriche (20 May 1930 – 18 September 2013) was a Mexican cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a cinematographer and contributed to the visual style and cinematography in three films directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in Mexico, Fando y Lis, El Topo, and The Holy Mountain. Eventually he became a director in his own right, including films such as Angels and Cherubs, Auandar Anapu, Pafnucio Santo and Deseos, his last film before he decided to pioneer video as a mean of expression.

In 2013, he was awarded the Ariel de Oro, Mexico's top film prize, for his contributions to the Mexican film industry.

Selected filmography / videography

 * Fando y Lis (1968) (cinematographer)
 * El Topo (1970) (cinematographer)
 * Apolinar (1971) (cinematographer)
 * Angels and Cherubs (1972)
 * The Mansion of Madness (1973)
 * The Holy Mountain (1973) (cinematographer)
 * Auandar Anapu (1975)
 * Pafnucio Santo (1977)
 * Deseos (1978) 


 * Video
 * Las Lupitas (1984)
 * Figuras de la pasión (1984)
 * Relatos (short) (1986)
 * Huelga / Strike (documentary short) (1987)
 * Señores y señoras (documentary short) (1988)
 * Querida Benita (short) (1989)
 * Forjadores (documentary short) (1990)
 * Murmullos (1991)
 * Folklor (1991)
 * Rulfo aeternum (1992)
 * Urbano y Natalia (short) (1994)
 * El maestro prodigioso (2010)