Luis Buñuel
Directing
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.
Belle de Jour
as Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
Age 67 (now 83)
There Are No Thieves in This Village
as Cura
Age 65 (now 83)
The Proud and the Beautiful
as Smuggler (uncredited)
Age 53 (now 83)
The Phantom of Liberty
as A Condemned Man (uncredited)
Age 74 (now 83)
Short Cuts: “The Diary of a Chambermaid” by Luis Buñuel
Original Film Writer
Age 126 (now 83)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
Age 121 (now 83)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self (archive footage)
Age 120 (now 83)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Age 118 (now 83)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Original Story
Age 117 (now 83)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Age 117 (now 83)
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
as Self (archive footage)
Age 115 (now 83)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
as Self (archive footage)
Age 110 (now 83)
The Phantom of Liberty
as A Condemned Man (uncredited)
Age 74 (now 83)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Director
Age 72 (now 83) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Sound Effects
Age 72 (now 83) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Screenplay
Age 72 (now 83)
The Castaway on the Street of Providence
as Self
Age 71 (now 83)
Belle de Jour
as Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
Age 67 (now 83) There Are No Thieves in This Village
as Cura
Age 65 (now 83)
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
as Self
Age 64 (now 83)
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Writer
Age 55 (now 83) The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Director
Age 55 (now 83)
The Proud and the Beautiful
as Smuggler (uncredited)
Age 53 (now 83)
The Fall of the House of Usher
Assistant Director
Age 28 (now 83)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Age 78 (now 83)
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Also Known As
Luis Buñuel Portolés, 루이스 부뉴엘, 루이스 브뉘엘, 路易斯·布努埃尔, لوئیس بونوئل
IMDB
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