A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Luis Buñuel Portolés
لوئیس بونوئل
路易斯·布努埃尔
루이스 부뉴엘
루이스 브뉘엘
Birthplace:
Calanda, Teruel, Aragón, España
Born:
February 21, 1900
Died:
July 29, 1983
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.
Adaptation:
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 Él
1954 Wuthering Heights
Additional Writing:
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 Él
1954 Wuthering Heights
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
Assistant Director:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 Él
1954 Wuthering Heights
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
Co-Director:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 Él
1954 Wuthering Heights
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
Dialogue:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 Él
1954 Wuthering Heights
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1965 Simon of the Desert
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
Director:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
Editor:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
Original Music Composer:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
Original Story:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Producer:
1926 Carmen
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Production Assistant:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Production Director:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1935 The Daughter of Juan Simón
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Production Manager:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1935 The Daughter of Juan Simón
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1938 Espagne 1937
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Screenplay:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1935 The Daughter of Juan Simón
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1938 Espagne 1937
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 The Monk
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
1997 La novia de medianoche
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Sound Effects:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1935 The Daughter of Juan Simón
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1938 Espagne 1937
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 The Monk
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
1997 La novia de medianoche
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Story:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1935 The Daughter of Juan Simón
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1938 Espagne 1937
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 The Monk
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
1997 La novia de medianoche
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Thanks:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1935 The Daughter of Juan Simón
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1938 Espagne 1937
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 The Monk
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
1997 La novia de medianoche
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2006 Belle Toujours
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Writer:
1926 Carmen
1926 Mauprat
1927 Siren of the Tropics
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher
1929 Un Chien Andalou
1930 L'Âge d'or
1933 Land Without Bread
1935 Don Quintín, el amargao
1935 The Daughter of Juan Simón
1936 Who Loves Me?
1937 Guard! Alert!
1937 Spain 1936
1938 Espagne 1937
1947 Gran Casino
1949 The Great Madcap
1950 The Young and the Damned
1951 Daughter of Deceit
1951 Si usted no puede, yo sí
1951 Susana
1952 A Woman Without Love
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
1953 The Brute
1953 Él
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 Robinson Crusoe
1954 The River and Death
1954 Wuthering Heights
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Death in the Garden
1956 That Is the Dawn
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 Nazarin
1960 The Young One
1962 The Exterminating Angel
1962 Viridiana
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
1965 Simon of the Desert
1967 Belle de Jour
1969 The Milky Way
1970 Tristana
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 The Monk
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
1997 La novia de medianoche
2000 Eating Sea Urchins
2006 Belle Toujours
2017 The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
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