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Aliases: Luis Buñuel Portolés , 루이스 부뉴엘 , 루이스 브뉘엘 , 路易斯·布努埃尔

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Calanda, Teruel, Aragón, España

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Movie Involvements: 120

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Luis Buñuel Portolés (Spanish: [ˈlwis βuˈɲwel poɾtoˈles]; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's work was known for its avant-garde surrealism which was also infused with political commentary and social satire. Often associated with the surrealist movement of the 1920s, Buñuel made films from the 1920s through the 1970s. He collaborated with prolific surrealist painter Salvador Dali creating the films Un Chien Andalou (1929), which was made in the silent era and L'Age d'Or (1930). The two films are seen as the birth of Cinematic surrealism. From 1947 to 1960 he developed his skills as a director filming in Mexico making grounded and human melodramas such as Gran Casino (1947), Los Olvidados (1950), and Él (1953). Here is where he gained the fundamentals of storytelling. Buñuel than transitioned into making artful, unconventional, surrealist, and political satirical films. He earned acclaim with the morally complex arthouse drama film Viridiana (1961) which criticized the Francoist dictatorship. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. He then criticized political and social conditions in The Exterminating Angel (1962), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (1972) the later of which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also directed Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), and Belle de Jour (1967), as well as his final film That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) the later of which earned the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director. Buñuel earned five Cannes Film Festival prizes, two Berlin International Film Festival prizes, and a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. Buñuel received numerous honors including National Prize for Arts and Sciences for Fine Arts in 1977, the Moscow International Film Festival Contribution to Cinema Prize in 1979, and the Career Golden Lion in 1982. He was nominated once for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. Seven of Buñuel's films are included in Sight & Sound's 2012 critics' poll of the top 250 films of all time.

Most Famous Work

The Young and the Damned
Average
8

The Young and the Damned

(1950) Screenplay
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Average
8
Un Chien Andalou
Average
7

Un Chien Andalou

(1929) Producer
Robinson Crusoe
Average
6

Robinson Crusoe

(1954) Screenplay
That Obscure Object of Desire
Average
7

That Obscure Object of Desire

(1977) Screenplay
The Exterminating Angel
Average
8

The Exterminating Angel

(1962) Dialogue
Belle de Jour
Average
7

Belle de Jour

(1967) Screenplay
Viridiana
Average
8

Viridiana

(1962) Editor

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self (archive footage)
2018 Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017 Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2012 Self/Archive Footage
2010 Self (archive footage)
2001 Himself (archive footage)
2000 Self (archive footage)
1984 Self
1983 Self
1978 Self (archive footage)
1977 self
1974 Un condamné à mort (uncredited)
1973 Un invité (uncredited)
1971 Himself
1969 (voice) (uncredited)
1967 Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
1965 Cura
1964 El verdugo
Self
1956 Self
1930 (uncredited)
1929 Man in Prologue (uncredited)
N/A
1926 Monk / Guardsman
Contrebandier chez lillas pastia
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2017 Original Story
1997 Screenplay
1977 Screenplay
1974 Writer
1972 Screenplay
Screenplay
1970 Screenplay
1969 Writer
1967 Screenplay
1965 Screenplay
Dialogue
1964 Writer
1962 Screenplay
Dialogue
Screenplay
1960 Screenplay
1959 Writer
Screenplay
1956 Screenplay
Writer
1955 Writer
1954 Writer
Screenplay
Story
Adaptation
1953 Adaptation
Screenplay
Writer
1952 Screenplay
Adaptation
1951 Writer
Writer
1950 Screenplay
1937 Screenplay
1936 Screenplay
1935 Screenplay
1933 Screenplay
1930 Screenplay
1929 Screenplay
1928 Adaptation
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2006 Thanks
1971 Additional Writing
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2000 Director
1977 Director
1974 Director
1972 Director
1970 Director
1969 Director
1967 Director
1965 Director
1964 Director
1962 Director
Director
1960 Director
1959 Director
Director
1956 Director
Director
1955 Director
1954 Director
Director
Director
Director
1953 Director
Director
1952 Director
Director
1951 Director
Director
1950 Director
1949 Director
1947 Director
1937 Co-Director
1936 Co-Director
1933 Director
1930 Director
1929 Director
1928 Assistant Director
1927 Assistant Director
1926 Assistant Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1974 Sound Effects
1972 Sound Effects
1969 Original Music Composer
1930 Original Music Composer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Editing


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