
Writer
Atahualpa Lichy
Caracas, Venezuela · 18 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 18

Páramos de leyendas
2025 · Director, Producer

Memorias de un tiempo eterno
2020 · Director, Producer

The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments
2011 · Director, Writer


A Game of Cat and Mouse
2002 · Producer
On Tubi TV


The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002 · Producer
On Plex

Bolivar Is Me
2002 · Producer

Black River
1990 · Writer, Director

Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984 · Director, Writer

Claves, 2: We will return younger
1984 · Director, Writer

Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country
1984 · Director, Writer

Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema
1984 · Director, Writer

L'Abécédaire du Maréchal
1979 · Director, Writer

Travail du comédien
1974 · Director

Travailler loin de chez soi
1972 · Director

Béjart
1970 · Director

Les salons de Baudelaire
1970 · Director

Le mot et l'image
1968 · Director

Martin Luther
1963 · Writer