Atahualpa Lichy
Known for Writing
Biography
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.
Filmography
Black River
1990
Director
Idoles et chanteurs II : La chanson, un métier
1967
Director
L'Abécédaire du Maréchal
1979
Director
Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country
1984
Director
Les salons de Baudelaire
1970
Director
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984
Director
Travail du comédien
1974
Director
Páramos de leyendas
2025
Director
William Hogarth
1965
Director
Béjart
1970
Director
Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema
1984
Director
The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments
2011
Director
Memorias de un tiempo eterno
2020
Director
La Narbonnaise II : La province romaine
1966
Director
Celui qui venait d'ailleurs
1972
Director
Idoles et chanteurs I : La chanson, un métier
1967
Director
La Narbonnaise I : Période pré-romaine
1966
Director
Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984
Director
Les emplois de bureau
1968
Director
Travailler loin de chez soi
1972
Director