Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1900-02-22
Deathday: 1983-07-29 (83 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 76

Movies 73

Director 36

self 21

Producer 5

TV Shows 3

Writer 2

Screenplay 2

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)

Movie
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli (2017)

Movie
Himself (archive footage)
tvSSFBM EHKL

tvSSFBM EHKL (2001)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Speaking of Buñuel

Speaking of Buñuel (2000)

Movie
6
Self (archive footage)
Buñuel in Hollywood

Buñuel in Hollywood (2000)

Movie
Un condamné à mort (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Sound Effects
The Phantom of Liberty

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

Movie
3.5
Un invité (uncredited)
Fall of a Body

Fall of a Body (1973)

Movie
Director / Screenplay / Sound Effects
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

Movie
5
Director / Producer / Screenplay
Tristana

Tristana (1970)

Movie
6
(voice) (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Original Music Composer
The Milky Way

The Milky Way (1969)

Movie
2.5
Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited) / Screenplay / Director
Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour (1967)

Movie
6
Director / Dialogue / Screenplay
Simon of the Desert

Simon of the Desert (1965)

Movie
5
Director / Writer / Editor
Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)

Movie
6
Director / Screenplay / Dialogue
The Exterminating Angel

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Movie
4.33
Screenplay / Editor / Director
Viridiana

Viridiana (1962)

Movie
1
Director / Screenplay
The Young One

The Young One (1960)

Movie
6
Director / Screenplay
Nazarin

Nazarin (1959)

Movie
5
Director / Screenplay
Death in the Garden

Death in the Garden (1956)

Movie
Screenplay / Director
Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe (1954)

Movie
6
Director / Story / Adaptation
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights (1954)

Movie
Adaptation / Director / Screenplay
Él

Él (1953)

Movie
6
Writer / Director
The Brute

The Brute (1953)

Movie
2
Director / Adaptation
Mexican Bus Ride

Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

Movie
1
Director / Writer / Editor
Susana

Susana (1951)

Movie
2
Production Manager
Espagne 1937

Espagne 1937 (1938)

Movie
Production Director / Co-Director
Guard! Alert!

Guard! Alert! (1937)

Movie
Screenplay / Producer
Spain 1936

Spain 1936 (1937)

Movie
Production Director / Screenplay / Co-Director
Who Loves Me?

Who Loves Me? (1936)

Movie
Director / Producer / Editor / Screenplay
Land Without Bread

Land Without Bread (1933)

Movie
6
(uncredited) / Director / Editor / Original Music Composer / Screenplay
L'Âge d'or

L'Âge d'or (1930)

Movie
5
Man in Prologue (uncredited) / Screenplay / Producer / Editor / Director
Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou (1929)

Movie
5.33
Adaptation / Writer / Assistant Director
The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Movie
4
Monk / Guardsman / Production Assistant
Mauprat

Mauprat (1926)

Movie
Contrebandier chez lillas pastia / Assistant Director
Carmen

Carmen (1926)

Movie
Luis BuñuelLuis Buñuel

Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1900-02-22

Deathday
1983-07-29 (83 years old)

Birth Name
Luis Buñuel Portolés

Birth Place
Calanda, Spain

Religion
atheism

Spouse
Jeanne Rucar

Children
Juan Luis Buñuel

Father
Leonardo Buñuel González

Citizenships
Mexico, Spain

Also Known As
Luis Buñuel Portolés, 루이스 부뉴엘, 루이스 브뉘엘, 路易斯·布努埃尔, لوئیس بونوئل

Awards
Golden Lion, Palme d'Or, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival, BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, National Prize for Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of the University of Zaragoza, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Golden Ariel, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Cannes Best Director Award

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