Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish and Mexican 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 works are known for their avant-garde surrealism which was also infused with political commentary.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Calanda
- Educated at
- College of the Savior, ZaragozaComplutense University of Madrid
- Awards
- 🏆 Cannes Best Director Award🏆 National Prize for Arts and Sciences🏆 BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay🏆 Palme d'Or
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival."
"Give me two hours a day of activity, and I'll take the other twenty-two in dreams."
"I find it analytical, pretentious and superficial—largely because it does not address itself to dreams, chance, laughter, feelings, or paradox—in other words,—all the things I love the most."
"Salvador Dali seduced many ladies, particularly American ladies, but these seductions usually consisted of stripping them naked in his apartment, frying a couple of eggs, putting them on the woman's s…"
"Frankly, despite my distaste of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers."
"The story is also a sequence of moral and surrealist aesthetic. The sexual instinct and the sense of death form its substance."
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Timeline
1900
Born
Birth1983
Died
Death
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