Raoul Ruiz

1941-2011

Biography: life and films

Raoul Ruiz was a Chilean film director and screenwriter whose birth name was Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino. He was born in Puerto Montt, Chile on 25th July 1941 and died in Paris, France on 19th August 2011, aged 70.

His best films as a film director include ¡Qué hacer! (1970), Colloque de chiens (1977), De grands événements et des gens ordinaires (1979), Bérénice (1983) and La Noche de enfrente (2012), and whose best work as a screenwriter include De grands événements et des gens ordinaires (1979), Bérénice (1983), Le professeur Taranne (1987), Le Temps retrouvé (1999) and Ce jour-là (2003).

Raoul Ruiz directed 62 films (including 12 shorts), scripted 43 films and appeared in 3 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Valeria Sarmiento (4 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (42 films), Fantasy (11), Thriller (5), Documentary (5), comedy (4), romance (2) and comedy-drama (2).

Our average rating for Raoul Ruiz over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

¡Qué hacer! (1970) [d]

Nadie dijo nada (1971) [d,w]

Diálogos de exiliados (1975) [d,w]

Les Apprentis sorciers (1977) [a]

La Vocation suspendue (1978) [d,w]

De grands événements et des gens ordinaires (1979) [d,w]

Images de débat (1979) [d,w]

Jeux (1979) [d]

L'Hypothèse du tableau volé (1979) [d,w]

Le Borgne (1980) [d,w]

Musée Dali (1980) [d]

Teletests (1980) [d,w]

The Territory (1981) [d,w]

Het dak van de Walvis (1982) [d,w]

Bérénice (1983) [d,w]

La Ville de Paris (1983) [d]

Les Trois couronnes du matelot (1983) [d,w]

La Présence réelle (1984) [d,w]

La Ville des pirates (1984) [d,w]

Notre mariage (1984) [w]

Point de fuite (1984) [d,w]

L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma (1985) [d,w]

Régime sans pain (1985) [d,w]

Treasure Island (1985) [d,w]

Dans un miroir (1986) [d]

Mammame (1986) [d,w]

Richard III (1986) [d,w]

Le Professeur Taranne (1987) [d,w]

Mémoire des apparences (1987) [d,w]

Allegoria (1988) [d,w]

Brise-glace (1988) [a,d]

Tous les nuages sont des horloges (1988) [d,w]

Derrière le mur (1989) [d]

Palombella rossa (1989) [a]

La Chouette aveugle (1990) [d,w]

The Golden Boat (1990) [d,w]

Amelia Lópes O'Neill (1991) [w]

L'Oeil qui ment (1993) [d,w]

Miroirs de Tunisie (1993) [d]

Viaggio clandestino - Vite di santi e di peccatori (1994) [d,w]

À propos de Nice, la suite (1995) [d]

Elle (1995) [w]

Fado majeur et mineur (1995) [d,w]

Trois vies et une seule mort (1996) [d,w]

Généalogies d'un crime (1997) [d,w]

L'Inconnu de Strasbourg (1998) [w]

Shattered Image (1998) [d]

Le Temps retrouvé (1999) [d,w]

Combat d'amour en songe (2000) [d,w]

Comédie de l'innocence (2001) [d,w]

Les Âmes fortes (2001) [d]

Ce jour-là (2003) [d,w]

Responso (2004) [d,w]

Le Domaine perdu (2005) [d,w]

Klimt (2006) [d,w]

Love and Virtue (2008) [d]

El pasaporte amarillo (2009) [d,w]

La Maison Nucingen (2009) [d,w]

A Closed Book (2010) [d]

Mistérios de Lisboa (2010) [d]

La Noche de enfrente (2012) [d,w]



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