- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 22, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Calanda, Teruel, Aragón, España
- Died
- July 29, 1983
Luis Buñuel
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 (194…
Filmography
movieShort Cuts: “The Diary of a Chambermaid” by Luis Buñuel
2026 · Original Film Writer
movieMemoria de Los Olvidados
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieConstel·lació Portabella
2024 · (archive footage)
movieDeneuve, la reine Catherine
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieLe Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieJeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
2017 · Original Story
movieThe Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieTras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieDiscovering Buñuel
2012 · Self/Archive Footage
movieCatherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieBelle Toujours
2006 · Thanks
tvSSFBM EHKL
2001 · Himself (archive footage)
movieSpeaking of Buñuel
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieEating Sea Urchins
2000 · Director
movieBuñuel in Hollywood
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieLes paradoxes de Buñuel
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa novia de medianoche
1997 · Screenplay
movieA Mexican Buñuel
1997 · Self (archival)
moviePaco, mi padre
1992
movieThe Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984 · Self
movieBuñuel
1984 · Self
movieA Play About Remembering and Dying
1984 · Novel
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat Obscure Object of Desire
1977 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Phantom of Liberty
1974 · A Condemned Man (uncredited), Director, Writer, Sound Effects
movieFall of a Body
1973 · Un invité (uncredited)
movieThe Monk
1972 · Screenplay
movieThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 · Director, Screenplay, Sound Effects
movieJohnny Got His Gun
1971 · Writer
movieThe Castaway on the Street of Providence
1971 · Self
movieTristana
1970 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Milky Way
1969 · (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
movieBelle de Jour
1967 · Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
movieThere Are No Thieves in This Village
1965 · Cura
movieSimon of the Desert
1965 · Dialogue, Screenplay, Director, Story
movieWeeping for a Bandit
1964 · El verdugo
movieLuis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
1964 · Self
movieDiary of a Chambermaid
1964 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Exterminating Angel
1962 · Dialogue, Screenplay, Director
movieViridiana
1962 · Screenplay, Director, Editor
movieThe Young One
1960 · Screenplay, Director
movieFever Mounts at El Pao
1959 · Director, Writer
movieNazarín
1959 · Director, Screenplay
movieDeath in the Garden
1956 · Director, Screenplay
movieThat Is the Dawn
1956 · Writer, Director
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955 · Director, Writer
movieThe River and Death
1954 · Writer, Director
movieRobinson Crusoe
1954 · Screenplay, Director
movieWuthering Heights
1954 · Adaptation, Story, Director
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
movieIllusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 · Director, Editor
movieThe Proud and the Beautiful
1953 · Smuggler (uncredited)
movieÉl
1953 · Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
movieThe Brute
1953 · Director, Writer
movieA Woman Without Love
1952 · Director, Screenplay
movieMexican Bus Ride
1952 · Adaptation, Director
movieDaughter of Deceit
1951 · Director
movieSusana
1951 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieSi usted no puede, yo sí
1951 · Writer
movieThe Young and the Damned
1950 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Great Madcap
1949 · Director
movieGran Casino
1947 · Director
Espagne 1937
1938 · Production Manager
movieGuard! Alert!
1937 · Production Director, Co-Director
movieSpain 1936
1937 · Screenplay, Producer
movieWho Loves Me?
1936 · Production Director, Screenplay, Co-Director
movieThe Daughter of Juan Simón
1935 · Production Director
movieDon Quintín, el amargao
1935 · Screenplay, Producer
movieLand Without Bread
1933 · Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
movieL'Âge d'or
1930 · (uncredited), Director, Editor, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
movieUn Chien Andalou
1929 · Man in Prologue (uncredited), Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Director
movieMontparnasse
1929
movieThe Fall of the House of Usher
1928 · Adaptation, Writer, Assistant Director
movieSiren of the Tropics
1927 · Assistant Director
movieMauprat
1926 · Monk / Guardsman, Production Assistant
movieCarmen
1926 · Contrebandier chez lillas pastia, Assistant Director