Rafael Corkidi
- Category : 1930-births
- Type : ME
- Profile : 5/1 - Heretical / Investigator
- Definition : Split - Small (22,48)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Uncertainty 1
Biography
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 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.
He died 18 September 2013