Brontis Jodorowsky is a Chilean actor and theatre director
Background
He is the son of the Chilean-French writer, director and actor Alejandro Jodorowsky and the French actress Bernadette Landru. He was born in Chile. His first film experience was in 1970, playing one of the main roles in his father"s film El Topo.
When he was 12 years old, his father cast him in an unmade film adaptation of Frank Herbert"s Dune.
Education
In 2011 he attended a three-month workshop at the New York Film Academy and in 2013 graduated at the Studio Doctorate"Asnières in France.
Career
He was trained to play the part of Paul Atreides, the main character of Dune. He had been taught by Jean-Pierre Vignau, a famous French coach in Japanese jujitsu karate, judo, aikido and also with a variety of different knives and swords. His training was intensive: 6 hours a day, seven days a week over a period of 2 years until the film project was shelved.
Brontis also revealed that this training was painful and merciless.
Jodorowsky received his acting training in Parisian theatres and at the Conservatoire du XIVe. He also has a career in theatre.
He directed and played in a lot of plays, mostly in Paris. A lot of his plays were presented at the Théâtre Du Soleil.
He is also known for his Atrides serie of plays.
She became a French model, singer and actress. In 2009, he wrote and directed a play with his father and was also an actor in "Le Gorille" (The Gorilla). lieutenant became one of his better-known pieces.
He discovered a lot about his father (who directed the film) and what he had endured over his lifetime.
This grandfather died before the birth of Brontis, so he never saw him with his own eyes.