Luis Buñuel
Directing
Born: February 22, 1900 · Calanda, Teruel, Aragón, España
Died: July 29, 1983 (aged 83)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Un Chien Andalou
1929
Belle de Jour
1967
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
The Exterminating Angel
1962
Viridiana
1962
The Young and the Damned
1950
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
L'Âge d'or
1930
The Phantom of Liberty
1974
Tristana
1970
Simon of the Desert
1965
Photos (3)
Movies (14)
Belle de Jour
Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
L'Âge d'or
(uncredited)
Un Chien Andalou
Man in Prologue (uncredited)
The Phantom of Liberty
Condemned Man (uncredited)
The Proud and the Beautiful
Smuggler (uncredited)
The Milky Way
(voice) (uncredited)
Montparnasse
1929
Mauprat
Monk / Guardsman
Carmen
Contrebandier chez lillas pastia
Weeping for a Bandit
El verdugo
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
Paco, mi padre
1992
Fall of a Body
Un invité (uncredited)
Constel·lació Portabella
(archive footage)
Self / Appearances (18)
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 eps
Discovering Buñuel
Self/Archive Footage
Buñuel
Self
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Self
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Speaking of Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Castaway on the Street of Providence
Self
Memoria de Los Olvidados
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Self (archive footage)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Self (archive footage)
A Mexican Buñuel
Self (archival)
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
Self
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Self (archive footage)
Directing (38)
Belle de Jour
Director
The Young One
Director
That Obscure Object of Desire
Director
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Director
L'Âge d'or
Director
Siren of the Tropics
Assistant Director
Un Chien Andalou
Director
Diary of a Chambermaid
Director
The Young and the Damned
Director
The Phantom of Liberty
Director
The Exterminating Angel
Director
Viridiana
Director
Tristana
Director
The Milky Way
Director
Susana
Director
Robinson Crusoe
Director
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Director
The Fall of the House of Usher
Assistant Director
The Brute
Director
Simon of the Desert
Director
Nazarín
Director
A Woman Without Love
Director
Death in the Garden
Director
Land Without Bread
Director
That Is the Dawn
Director
Él
Director
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Director
Who Loves Me?
Co-Director
Eating Sea Urchins
Director
Wuthering Heights
Director
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Director
Carmen
Assistant Director
The Great Madcap
Director
Daughter of Deceit
Director
Gran Casino
Director
The River and Death
Director
Mexican Bus Ride
Director
Guard! Alert!
Co-Director
Writing (45)
Belle de Jour
Screenplay
The Young One
Screenplay
That Obscure Object of Desire
Screenplay
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Screenplay
L'Âge d'or
Screenplay
Un Chien Andalou
Screenplay
Diary of a Chambermaid
Writer
The Young and the Damned
Screenplay
The Phantom of Liberty
Writer
The Exterminating Angel
Screenplay
The Exterminating Angel
Dialogue
Spain 1936
Screenplay
Viridiana
Screenplay
Si usted no puede, yo sí
Writer
Johnny Got His Gun
Writer
Tristana
Screenplay
The Monk
Screenplay
The Milky Way
Writer
Susana
Writer
Robinson Crusoe
Screenplay
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Writer
The Fall of the House of Usher
Adaptation
The Fall of the House of Usher
Writer
The Brute
Writer
Simon of the Desert
Screenplay
Simon of the Desert
Dialogue
Simon of the Desert
Story
Nazarín
Screenplay
A Woman Without Love
Screenplay
Death in the Garden
Screenplay
Land Without Bread
Screenplay
That Is the Dawn
Writer
Él
Adaptation
Él
Screenplay
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Writer
Who Loves Me?
Screenplay
Wuthering Heights
Story
Wuthering Heights
Adaptation
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Original Story
The River and Death
Writer
Short Cuts: “The Diary of a Chambermaid” by Luis Buñuel
Original Film Writer
Mexican Bus Ride
Adaptation
A Play About Remembering and Dying
Novel
La novia de medianoche
Screenplay
Don Quintin the Bitter
Screenplay
Producing (9)
Un Chien Andalou
Producer
Spain 1936
Producer
Tristana
Producer
Land Without Bread
Producer
Mauprat
Production Assistant
Who Loves Me?
Production Director
Guard! Alert!
Production Director
The Daughter of Juan Simón
Production Director
Don Quintin the Bitter
Producer
Other Crew (12)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Sound Effects
L'Âge d'or
Editor
L'Âge d'or
Original Music Composer
Un Chien Andalou
Editor
Diary of a Chambermaid
Editor
The Phantom of Liberty
Sound Effects
Viridiana
Editor
The Milky Way
Original Music Composer
Susana
Editor
Land Without Bread
Editor
Belle Toujours
Thanks
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Editor