Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau Incháustegui born 11 January 1932 is a Mexican filmmaker actor and singer He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate based on his wife Laura Esquivels novel of the same name His other films include A Walk in the Clouds 1995 Picking Up the Pieces 2000 The Magnificent Ambersons 2002 and Zapata El sueño del héroe 2004 He is a fivetime Ariel Award winner including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate and a BAFTA nominee