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), 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…
Directed
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Un Chien Andalou (1929) — Director
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Belle de Jour (1967) — Director
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) — Director
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The Exterminating Angel (1962) — Director
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Viridiana (1962) — Director
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The Young and the Damned (1950) — Director
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That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) — Director
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L'Âge d'or (1930) — Director
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The Phantom of Liberty (1974) — Director
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Tristana (1970) — Director
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Simon of the Desert (1965) — Director
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Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) — Director
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The Milky Way (1969) — Director
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) — Director
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Land Without Bread (1933) — Director
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Nazarín (1959) — Director
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Él (1953) — Director
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Robinson Crusoe (1954) — Director
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Death in the Garden (1956) — Director
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The Brute (1953) — Director
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The Young One (1960) — Director
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Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954) — Director
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Susana (1951) — Director
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The Great Madcap (1949) — Director
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Wuthering Heights (1954) — Director
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Mexican Bus Ride (1952) — Director
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Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959) — Director
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That Is the Dawn (1956) — Director
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Daughter of Deceit (1951) — Director
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The River and Death (1954) — Director
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Gran Casino (1947) — Director
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A Woman Without Love (1952) — Director
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Eating Sea Urchins (2000) — Director
Also appeared in
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Un Chien Andalou (1929) — Man in Prologue (uncredited)
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Belle de Jour (1967) — Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
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L'Âge d'or (1930) — (uncredited)
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The Phantom of Liberty (1974) — Condemned Man (uncredited)
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The Milky Way (1969) — (voice) (uncredited)
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The Proud and the Beautiful (1953) — Smuggler (uncredited)
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Montparnasse (1929)
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Speaking of Buñuel (2000) — Self (archive footage)
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Mauprat (1926) — Monk / Guardsman
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Carmen (1926) — Contrebandier chez lillas pastia
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Weeping for a Bandit (1964) — El verdugo
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Fall of a Body (1973) — Un invité (uncredited)
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There Are No Thieves in This Village (1965)
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A Mexican Buñuel (1997) — Self (archival)
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Buñuel (1984) — Self
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Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps (1964) — Self
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Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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The Incredible Mr. Piccoli (2017) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (2010) — Self (archive footage)
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Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015) — Self (archive footage)
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Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022) — Self (archive footage)
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Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
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The Castaway on the Street of Providence (1971) — Self
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Buñuel in Hollywood (2000) — Self (archive footage)
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Reflets de Cannes (1954) — Self
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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1984) — Self
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Les paradoxes de Buñuel (1998) — Self (archive footage)
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Paco, mi padre (1992)
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978) — Self (archive footage)
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Discovering Buñuel (2012) — Self/Archive Footage
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Memoria de Los Olvidados (2025) — Self (archive footage)
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Constel·lació Portabella (2024) — (archive footage)