Luis Buñuel

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-02-21 (83 years old)

Deathday

1983-07-29

Place of Birth

Calanda, Teruel, Aragón, España

Luis Buñuel

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), wh...

Acting

2020

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

as Self (archive footage)

1929

Un Chien Andalou

as Man in Prologue (uncredited)

1967

Belle de Jour

as Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)

1930

L'Âge d'or

as (uncredited)

2000

Speaking of Buñuel

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Buñuel

as Self

1926

Carmen

as Contrebandier chez lillas pastia

1964

2001

tvSSFBM EHKL

as Himself (archive footage)

2012

Discovering Buñuel

as Self/Archive Footage

1973

Fall of a Body

as Un invité (uncredited)

1969

The Milky Way

as (voice) (uncredited)

2017

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2018

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1926

Mauprat

as Monk / Guardsman

1974

The Phantom of Liberty

as A Condemned Man (uncredited)

2010

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Buñuel in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin

as Self (archive footage)

1997

A Mexican Buñuel

as Self (archival)

Production

1933

1933

1929

Un Chien Andalou

as Screenplay

1967

Belle de Jour

as Director

1967

Belle de Jour

as Screenplay

1950

1962

Viridiana

as Screenplay

1962

Viridiana

as Editor

1962

Viridiana

as Director

1974

1929

Un Chien Andalou

as Producer

1929

1930

L'Âge d'or

as Director

1960

The Young One

as Director

1969

The Milky Way

as Director

1969

The Milky Way

as Writer

1960

The Young One

as Screenplay

1959

Nazarin

as Screenplay

1959

Nazarin

as Director

1956

1962

1970

Tristana

as Director

1964

1965

1965

1965

Simon of the Desert

as Screenplay

1953

The Brute

as Writer

1953

The Brute

as Director

1954

1954

Wuthering Heights

as Adaptation

1954

1953

Él

as Adaptation

1953

Él

as Director

1951

Susana

as Director

1951

Susana

as Writer

1952

Mexican Bus Ride

as Director

1952

Mexican Bus Ride

as Adaptation

1949

The Great Madcap

as Director

1947

Gran Casino

as Director

1959

1952

1951

1954

Robinson Crusoe

as Screenplay

1954

Robinson Crusoe

as Director

1972

The Monk

as Screenplay

1954

1956

That Is the Dawn

as Director

1956

1954

1953

Él

as Screenplay

1937

Spain 1936

as Screenplay

1926

Carmen

as Assistant Director

2000

1927

Siren of the Tropics

as Assistant Director

1938

Espagne 1937

as Production Manager

1937

Guard! Alert!

as Production Director

1951

Susana

as Editor

1971

Johnny Got His Gun

as Additional Writing

1930

L'Âge d'or

as Editor

1928

The Fall of the House of Usher

as Assistant Director

1937

Guard! Alert!

as Co-Director

1933

1930

L'Âge d'or

as Original Music Composer

1952

1970

Tristana

as Producer

1935

1929

Un Chien Andalou

as Director

1969

The Milky Way

as Original Music Composer

1974

The Phantom of Liberty

as Sound Effects

1930

L'Âge d'or

as Screenplay

1933

Land Without Bread

as Screenplay

1956

Death in the Garden

as Screenplay

1970

Tristana

as Screenplay

1997

1926

Mauprat

as Production Assistant

2006

1937

Spain 1936

as Producer

1936

Who Loves Me?

as Production Director

1936

Who Loves Me?

as Screenplay

1935

The Daughter of Juan Simón

as Production Director

1936

Who Loves Me?

as Co-Director

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