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Ventura Pons (1945-2024)

Alias:
Bonaventura Pons i Sala
Ventura Pons i Sala

Birthplace:
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Born:
July 25, 1945

Died:
January 8, 2024

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   Ventura Pons Sala is a Catalan movie director. After a decade as a theatre director, Ventura Pons directed his first film in 1977, 'Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait', which was officially selected by the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Some of his movies have been produced by his own company Els Films de la Rambla, S.A., founded in 1985 and he has become one of the best-known Catalan film directors. His work has been shown at the best international film festivals, most notably at the Berlin International Film Festival for many consecutive years. He began his movie career making comedies about local customs. Since 1995 he has chosen to adapt dramatic and comic texts of Catalan writers like Quim Monzó, Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, Sergi Belbel, Lluís-Anton Baulenas, Jordi Puntí, Ferran Torrent and Lluïsa Cunillé. In 1995 he was awarded the National Cinema Prize by the Government of Catalonia, which also awarded him the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2007.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Ventura Pons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Production

Director:
1978  Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
1981  The Victor of Olot
1987  The Blonde at the Bar
1989  Puta misèria!
1991  What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
1992  Aquesta nit o mai
1994  Rosita, please!
1995  What's It All About
1997  Actresses
1998  Caresses
1999  Beloved/Friend
2000  To Die (Or Not)
2001  Anita Takes a Chance
2002  Food of Love
2003  El gran Gato
2004  Idiot Love
2006  Wounded Animals
2007  Barcelona (A Map)
2007  Life in the Abyss
2008  Strangers
2009  Adrift
2011  A Thousand Fools
2011  Year of Grace
2013  An Afternoon in Geneva
2014  Ignasi M.
2015  Virus of Fear
2016  Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
2016  Oh, quina joia!
2017  The Bigger, the Better
2018  Miss Dalí
2018  Universal i faraona
2019  Be Happy!
2019  Univers(o) Pecanins

Executive Producer:
1978  Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
1981  The Victor of Olot
1987  The Blonde at the Bar
1989  Puta misèria!
1991  What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
1992  Aquesta nit o mai
1994  Rosita, please!
1995  What's It All About
1997  Actresses
1998  Caresses
1999  Beloved/Friend
2000  To Die (Or Not)
2001  Anita Takes a Chance
2002  Food of Love
2003  El gran Gato
2004  Idiot Love
2006  Wounded Animals
2007  Barcelona (A Map)
2007  Life in the Abyss
2008  Strangers
2009  Adrift
2011  A Thousand Fools
2011  Year of Grace
2013  An Afternoon in Geneva
2014  Ignasi M.
2015  Virus of Fear
2016  Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
2016  Oh, quina joia!
2017  The Bigger, the Better
2018  Miss Dalí
2018  Universal i faraona
2019  Be Happy!
2019  Univers(o) Pecanins

Producer:
1978  Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
1981  The Victor of Olot
1987  The Blonde at the Bar
1989  Puta misèria!
1991  What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
1992  Aquesta nit o mai
1994  Rosita, please!
1995  What's It All About
1997  Actresses
1998  Caresses
1999  Beloved/Friend
2000  To Die (Or Not)
2001  Anita Takes a Chance
2002  Food of Love
2003  El gran Gato
2004  Idiot Love
2006  Wounded Animals
2007  Barcelona (A Map)
2007  Life in the Abyss
2008  Strangers
2009  Adrift
2011  A Thousand Fools
2011  Year of Grace
2013  An Afternoon in Geneva
2014  Ignasi M.
2015  Virus of Fear
2016  Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
2016  Oh, quina joia!
2017  The Bigger, the Better
2018  Miss Dalí
2018  Universal i faraona
2019  Be Happy!
2019  Univers(o) Pecanins

Screenplay:
1978  Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
1981  The Victor of Olot
1987  The Blonde at the Bar
1989  Puta misèria!
1991  What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
1992  Aquesta nit o mai
1994  Rosita, please!
1995  What's It All About
1997  Actresses
1998  Caresses
1999  Beloved/Friend
2000  To Die (Or Not)
2001  Anita Takes a Chance
2002  Food of Love
2003  El gran Gato
2004  Idiot Love
2006  Wounded Animals
2007  Barcelona (A Map)
2007  Life in the Abyss
2008  Strangers
2009  Adrift
2011  A Thousand Fools
2011  Year of Grace
2013  An Afternoon in Geneva
2014  Ignasi M.
2015  Virus of Fear
2016  Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
2016  Oh, quina joia!
2017  The Bigger, the Better
2018  Miss Dalí
2018  Universal i faraona
2019  Be Happy!
2019  Univers(o) Pecanins

Writer:
1978  Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
1981  The Victor of Olot
1987  The Blonde at the Bar
1989  Puta misèria!
1991  What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
1992  Aquesta nit o mai
1994  Rosita, please!
1995  What's It All About
1997  Actresses
1998  Caresses
1999  Beloved/Friend
2000  To Die (Or Not)
2001  Anita Takes a Chance
2002  Food of Love
2003  El gran Gato
2004  Idiot Love
2006  Wounded Animals
2007  Barcelona (A Map)
2007  Life in the Abyss
2008  Strangers
2009  Adrift
2011  A Thousand Fools
2011  Year of Grace
2013  An Afternoon in Geneva
2014  Ignasi M.
2015  Virus of Fear
2016  Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
2016  Oh, quina joia!
2017  The Bigger, the Better
2018  Miss Dalí
2018  Universal i faraona
2019  Be Happy!
2019  Univers(o) Pecanins

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