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Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. Considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, Buñuel's works were known for their avant-garde surrealism infused with political commentary. A member of the surrealist movement of the 1920s, he experimented with cinematic surrealism in the late silent era and honed his pivotal storytelling skills in Mexico from 1947 to 1960. During this time, he gained a reputation for creating grounded and human melodramas.
He transitioned into making virtuosic, unconventional films of political satire and was acclaimed for his morally complex arthouse drama, 'Viridiana' (1961), which criticized the Francoist dictatorship. Buñuel received numerous recognitions, including the 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 also nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 and 1972. Seven of his films are counted among the top 250 films of all time, according to Sight & Sound's 2012 critics' poll.
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Given Name: Luis Buñuel Portolés
Born: Calanda, Aragon, Spain
Citizenship: Spanish (renounced 1949), Mexican (from 1949)
Birthday: February 22, 1900
Occupations: Filmmaker
Years Active: 1929-1977
Children: 2
Spouses: Jeanne Rucar
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [re-release]
Tristana (re-release)
The Phantom of Liberty (re-release)
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Golden Age
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Speaking of Buñuel
Buñuel
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
There Are No Thieves in This Village
The Young One
Weeping for a Bandit
The Young and the Damned
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Montparnasse
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Belle de Jour
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
The Castaway on the Street of Providence
A Woman Without Love
The Great Madcap
The Milky Way
Daughter of Deceit
Tristana
Eating Sea Urchins
Mexican Bus Ride
A Mexican Buñuel
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Mauprat
Él
Wuthering Heights
The Exterminating Angel
Un Chien Andalou
Gran Casino
Nazarin
Viridiana
Diary of a Chambermaid
The River and Death
Susana
Carmen
Simon of the Desert
That Is the Dawn
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Brute
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
L’Âge d’or
Fall of a Body
Robinson Crusoe
Death in the Garden
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