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Luis Buñuel
Director, Writer, Actor, Editor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born February 21, 1900Died July 29, 1983 (83 years)
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.
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.
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Luis Buñuel Filmography
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| 1997 | La novia de medianoche · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | That Obscure Object of Desire · as Screenplay |
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| 1972 | Le moine · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie · as Screenplay |
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| 1970 | Tristana · as Screenplay |
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| 1967 | Belle de Jour · as Screenplay |
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| 1962 | The Exterminating Angel · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Viridiana · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Young One · as Screenplay |
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| 1959 | Nazarin · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | Death in the Garden · as Screenplay |
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| 1954 | Robinson Crusoe · as Screenplay |
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| 1952 | A Woman Without Love · as Screenplay |
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| 1950 | The Young and the Damned · as Screenplay |
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| 1936 | ¿Quién me quiere a mí? · as Screenplay |
| 1935 | Don Quintin the Bitter · as Screenplay |
| 1933 | Land Without Bread · as Screenplay |
| 1930 | L'Age d'Or · as Screenplay |
| 1929 | Un chien andalou · as Screenplay |
| 2024 | Portabella Constellation · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty · as A Condemned Man (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Fall of a Body · as Un Invité (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Milky Way · as (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Belle de Jour · as Man In Gardencafe - Left From The Duke (uncredited) |
| 1965 | There Are No Thieves in This Village · as Cura |
| 1964 | Weeping for a Bandit · as El Verdugo |
| 1953 | The Proud and the Beautiful · as Smuggler |
| 1935 | Juan Simon's Daughter · as Cast |
| 1930 | L'Age d'Or · as (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Un chien andalou · as Man In Prologue (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Carmen · as Contrebandier Chez Lillas Pastia |
| 1926 | Mauprat · as Monk / Guardsman |
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| 2024 | Stéphane Audran, la complice de Chabrol · as Self |
| 2022 | Deneuve, la reine Catherine · as Self |
| 2020 | Le fantôme de Laurent Terzieff · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 2018 | Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Discovering Buñuel · as Self/archive Footage |
| 2008 | The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel · as Self |
| 2005 | Filmmakers in Action · as Self |
| 2004 | María querida · as Self |
| 2004 | Words in Progress · as Self |
| 2000 | Regarding Buñuel · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1997 | Un Buñuel mexican · as Self (archival) |
| 1984 | Buñuel · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | El náufrago de la calle Providencia · as Himself |
| 1964 | Filmmakers of our time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD (TV Series) · as Based On The Screenplay By |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Autobiography |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty · as Sound Effects |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie · as Sound Effects |
| 1969 | The Milky Way · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Simon of the Desert · as Dialogue |
| 1954 | Wuthering Heights · as Story |
| 1953 | El · as Adaptation |
| 1952 | Mexican Bus Ride · as Adaptation |
| 1937 | ¡Centinela, alerta! · as Co-Director |
| 1937 | ¡Centinela, alerta! · as Production Director |
| 1936 | ¿Quién me quiere a mí? · as Co-Director |
| 1936 | ¿Quién me quiere a mí? · as Production Director |
| 1935 | Juan Simon's Daughter · as Production Director |
| 1930 | L'Age d'Or · as Original Music Composer |
| 1928 | The Fall of the House of Usher · as Assistant Director |
| 1928 | The Fall of the House of Usher · as Adaptation |
| 1927 | Siren of the Tropics · as Assistant Director |
| 1926 | Carmen · as Assistant Director |
| 1926 | Mauprat · as Production Assistant |