Atahualpa Lichy

Writing · Caracas, Venezuela

Jean Pierre Atahualpa Charles Lichy Verdier, best known as Atahualpa Lichy, is a Franco-Venezuelan filmmaker, known for his film Río Negro (1992). Born in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1956, he moved to Paris and became the assistant of Henry Langlois at the Cinémathèque Française. From 1969 to 1975, he participated in the creation and organization of the Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) in Cannes. Lichy has written, directed and produced more than 60 films in France and Venezuela.

Known for

6.8

Black River

1990 · Director

Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

1984 · Director

Claves, 2: We will return younger

1984 · Director

Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema

1984 · Director

Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country

1984 · Director

Béjart

1970 · Director

Travail du comédien

1974 · Director

Memorias de un tiempo eterno

2020 · Director

Páramos de leyendas

2025 · Director

Le mot et l'image

1968 · Director

L'Abécédaire du Maréchal

1979 · Director

Les salons de Baudelaire

1970 · Director

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Páramos de leyendas

2025 · Director

Memorias de un tiempo eterno

2020 · Director

The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments

2011 · Director

6.8

Black River

1990 · Director

Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

1984 · Director

Claves, 2: We will return younger

1984 · Director

Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema

1984 · Director

Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country

1984 · Director

L'Abécédaire du Maréchal

1979 · Director

Travail du comédien

1974 · Director

Celui qui venait d'ailleurs

1972 · Director

Travailler loin de chez soi

1972 · Director

Béjart

1970 · Director

Les salons de Baudelaire

1970 · Director

Le mot et l'image

1968 · Director

André Breton (1896-1966) : Je cherche l'or du temps

1968 · Director

Les emplois de bureau

1968 · Director

Idoles et chanteurs II : La chanson, un métier

1967 · Director