Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

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

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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 great and more influential filmmakers of all time. Buñel's works were known for their avant-garde surrealism which were also infused with political commentary.


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.


Buñel 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.


Buñel 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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Filmography

all 71

Movies 69

Director 36

self 17

Writer 9

TV Shows 2

Producer 1

Self (archive footage)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)

Movie
Self
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)

Movie
Writer
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017)

Movie
Self
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli (2017)

Movie
Self
Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'

Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' (2013)

Movie
Self/Archive Footage
Discovering Buñuel

Discovering Buñuel (2012)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (2010)

Movie
Self
Sinfonía de Aragón

Sinfonía de Aragón (2008)

Movie
Writer
Dry Martini

Dry Martini (2008)

Movie
Self
The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel

The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (2008)

Movie
Thanks
Belle Toujours

Belle Toujours (2006)

Movie
Himself (archive footage)
tvSSFBM EHKL

tvSSFBM EHKL (2001)

Movie
Himself
Speaking of Buñuel

Speaking of Buñuel (2000)

Movie
6
Director
Eating Sea Urchins

Eating Sea Urchins (2000)

Movie
Writer
La novia de medianoche

La novia de medianoche (1997)

Movie
Self
A Mexican Buñuel

A Mexican Buñuel (1997)

Movie
Self
Buñuel

Buñuel (1984)

Movie
Self
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1983)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978)

TV
Screenplay / Director
That Obscure Object of Desire

That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

Movie
4.33
Director
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
Writer
The Monk

The Monk (1972)

Movie
Director
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

Movie
5
Writer
Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Movie
Self
The Castaway on the Street of Providence

The Castaway on the Street of Providence (1971)

Movie
Director
Tristana

Tristana (1970)

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

The Milky Way (1969)

Movie
2.5
Director
Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour (1967)

Movie
6
Cura
There Are No Thieves in This Village

There Are No Thieves in This Village (1965)

Movie
Director
Simon of the Desert

Simon of the Desert (1965)

Movie
5
El verdugo
Weeping for a Bandit

Weeping for a Bandit (1964)

Movie
Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : Luis Buñuel

Cinéastes de notre temps : Luis Buñuel (1964)

Movie
Director
Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)

Movie
6
Director
The Exterminating Angel

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Movie
4.33
Director
Viridiana

Viridiana (1962)

Movie
1
Director
The Young One

The Young One (1960)

Movie
6
Director
Fever Mounts at El Pao

Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)

Movie
6
Director
Nazarin

Nazarin (1959)

Movie
5
Director
Death in the Garden

Death in the Garden (1956)

Movie
Director
That Is the Dawn

That Is the Dawn (1956)

Movie
4
Self
Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama (1956)

TV
Director
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

Movie
6
Director
The River and Death

The River and Death (1954)

Movie
Director
Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe (1954)

Movie
6
Director
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights (1954)

Movie
Director
Illusion Travels by Streetcar

Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)

Movie
4.67
Director
Él

Él (1953)

Movie
6
Director
The Brute

The Brute (1953)

Movie
2
Director
A Woman Without Love

A Woman Without Love (1952)

Movie
Director
Mexican Bus Ride

Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

Movie
1
Director
Daughter of Deceit

Daughter of Deceit (1951)

Movie
2
Director
Susana

Susana (1951)

Movie
2
Writer
Si usted no puede, yo sí

Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951)

Movie
Director
The Young and the Damned

The Young and the Damned (1950)

Movie
1
Director
The Great Madcap

The Great Madcap (1949)

Movie
Director
Gran Casino

Gran Casino (1947)

Movie
6
Production Manager
Espagne 1937

Espagne 1937 (1938)

Movie
Director
Guard! Alert!

Guard! Alert! (1937)

Movie
Writer
Spain 1936

Spain 1936 (1937)

Movie
Director
Who Loves Me?

Who Loves Me? (1936)

Movie
Producer
La hija de Juan Simón

La hija de Juan Simón (1935)

Movie
Writer
Don Quintin the Bitter

Don Quintin the Bitter (1935)

Movie
Director
Land Without Bread

Land Without Bread (1933)

Movie
6
Director
L'Âge d'or

L'Âge d'or (1930)

Movie
5
Man in Prologue
Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou (1929)

Movie
5.33
Self
Montparnasse

Montparnasse (1929)

Movie
7.5
Writer
The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Movie
4
Assistant Director
Siren of the Tropics

Siren of the Tropics (1927)

Movie
Monk / Guardsman / Production Assistant
Mauprat

Mauprat (1926)

Movie
Contrebandier chez lillas pastia / Assistant Director
Carmen

Carmen (1926)

Movie

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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

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

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


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