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Luis Buñuel (1900–1983)

Writer | Director | Actor

The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the university there, where his close friends included Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca... See full bio »

Born:

Luis Buñuel Portolés
in Calanda, Aragon, Spain

Died:

(age 83) in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Directors Group Party,11/72. Alfred Hitchcock, Rafael Bunuel, Luis Bunuel, at party hosted by George Guckor. Luis Buñuel Directors Group, Nov. 1972. George Cukor Hosts a party for Luis Bunuel. Back Row from left: Robert Mulligan, William Wyler, George Cukor, Robert Wise, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Serge Silverman. Front Row from left: Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Rouben Mamoulin. Directors Group, Nov.1972. George Cukor Hosts a party for Luis Bunuel. Back Row from left: Robert Mulligan, William Wyler, George Cukor, Robert Wise, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Serge Silverman. Front Row from left: Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Rouben Mamoulin. Luis Buñuel Directors Group, Nov. 1972. George Cukor Hosts a party for Luis Bunuel. Back Row from left: Robert Mulligan, William Wyler, George Cukor, Robert Wise, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Serge Silverman. Front Row from left: Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Rouben Mamoulin.
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2008 Dry martini (bunuelino cocktail) (short) (story)
 
1997 La novia de medianoche (previous unproduced screenplay)
 
1986 Arena (TV series documentary)
– The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1986) (autobiography)
 
1984 Igra o pamcenju i umiranju (TV movie) (novel)
 
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire (scenario / as Luis Bunuel)
 
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
 
1972 Le moine (screenplay / as Luis Bunuel)
 
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (written by / as Luis Bunuel)
 
1971 Johnny Got His Gun (uncredited)
 
1971 Una historia decente (short) (book)
 
1970 Tristana (screen story)
 
1969 The Milky Way (writer)
 
1967 Belle de Jour (adaptation and dialogue / as Luis Bunuel)
 
1965 Simon of the Desert (based on a story by / screenplay and dialogue)
 
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid (adaptation and dialogue)
 
1962 The Exterminating Angel (screenplay and dialogue)
 
1961 Viridiana (dialogue / story)
 
1960 The Young One (screenplay)
 
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao (adaptation / as Luis Bunuel)
 
1959 Nazarin (adapted for the screen by)
 
1956 Death in the Garden (adaptation)
 
1956 That Is the Dawn (adaptation)
 
1955 The River and Death
 
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (screenplay & adaptation)
 
1954 Robinson Crusoe (screenplay)
 
1954 Wuthering Heights (adaptation / story)
 
1953 El (adaptation / story)
 
1953 El bruto (writer)
 
1952 A Woman Without Love (technical screenplay)
 
1952 Mexican Bus Ride (adaptation)
 
1951 Susana
 
1951 Si usted no puede, yo sí (story)
 
1950 Los Olvidados
 
1937 ¡Centinela, alerta!
 
1937/II España 1936 (documentary short) (screenplay / story)
 
1936 ¿Quién me quiere a mí?
 
1935 Don Quintin the Bitter (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1933 Land Without Bread (documentary short) (commentary / writer)
 
1930 L'Age d'Or (scenario / as Bunuel)
 
1929 Un Chien Andalou (short) (scenario / as Louis Bunuel)
 
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher (adaptation)
 
Show ShowDirector (34 titles)
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire (as Luis Bunuel)
 
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
 
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (as Luis Bunuel)
 
1970 Tristana
 
1969 The Milky Way
 
1967 Belle de Jour (as Luis Bunuel)
 
1965 Simon of the Desert
 
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
 
1962 The Exterminating Angel
 
1961 Viridiana
 
1960 The Young One
 
1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao
 
1959 Nazarin
 
1956 Death in the Garden
 
1956 That Is the Dawn
 
1955 The River and Death
 
1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
 
1954 Robinson Crusoe
 
1954 Wuthering Heights
 
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar
 
1953 El
 
1953 El bruto
 
1952 A Woman Without Love
 
1952 Mexican Bus Ride
 
1951 Daughter of Deceit
 
1951 Susana
 
1950 Los Olvidados
 
1949 The Great Madcap
 
1947 Gran Casino
 
1937 ¡Centinela, alerta! (co-director)
 
1936 ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (co-director)
 
1933 Land Without Bread (documentary short)
 
1930 L'Age d'Or
 
1929 Un Chien Andalou (short) (as Louis Bunuel)
 
Show ShowActor (11 titles)
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
Un condamné à mort (uncredited)
 
1973 Fall of a Body
Un invité (uncredited)
 
1969 The Milky Way (voice - uncredited)
 
1967 Belle de Jour
Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
 
1965 There Are No Thieves in This Village
Cura
 
1964 Weeping for a Bandit
El verdugo
 
1935 Juan Simon's Daughter
 
1930 L'Age d'Or (uncredited)
 
1929 Un Chien Andalou (short)
Man in Prolog (uncredited)
 
1926 Carmen
Contrebandier chez lillas pastia
 
1926 Mauprat
Monk/Guardsman
 
Show ShowProducer (8 titles)
1970 Tristana (producer)
 
1937 ¡Centinela, alerta! (producer)
 
1937/II España 1936 (documentary short) (producer)
 
1936 ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (producer)
 
1935 Juan Simon's Daughter (producer)
 
1935 Don Quintin the Bitter (producer - uncredited)
 
1933 Land Without Bread (documentary short) (producer)
 
1929 Un Chien Andalou (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (7 titles)
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
 
1956 Death in the Garden (uncredited)
 
1954 Illusion Travels by Streetcar (uncredited)
 
1951 Susana (uncredited)
 
1933 Land Without Bread (documentary short)
 
1930 L'Age d'Or
 
1929 Un Chien Andalou (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
1996 Conspirators of Pleasure (professional expertise)
 
1937/II España 1936 (documentary short) (montage supervisor)
 
1935 Juan Simon's Daughter (supervisor)
 
1935 Don Quintin the Bitter (supervisor)
 
1926 Mauprat (production assistant)
 
1928 The Fall of the House of Usher (assistant director)
 
1927 Siren of the Tropics (assistant director)
 
1926 Carmen (second second assistant director)
 
Show ShowSound Department (2 titles)
1974 The Phantom of Liberty (sound effects)
 
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (sound effects - as Luis Bunuel)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1969 The Milky Way
 
1930 L'Age d'Or (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1929 Un Chien Andalou (short) (music selection - 1960 sonorized version)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2006 Jackass Number Two (documentary) (thanks)
 
2006 Belle toujours (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1986 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1986) … Himself
 
1984 Buñuel (documentary)
Himself
 
1971 El náufrago de la Calle Providencia (documentary short)
Himself
 
1964 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Luis Buñuel (1964) … Himself
 
1960 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1929 Montparnasse (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2010 Spanish Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 50 años de (TV series)
 
2008 Pepín Bello (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 VI premis Barcelona de cinema (TV movie)
 
2007 Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2006-2007 Protagonistas del recuerdo (TV series)
 
2005 Filmmakers in Action (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 María querida
Himself
 
2004 Words in Progress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 tvSSFBM EHKL (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Speaking of Bunuel (documentary)
él mismo
 
2000 XIV premios Goya (TV special)
Himself
 
1997 Un Buñuel mexican (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Mi primera película (TV series)
Himself
 
1984 Nazarin (short)
Himself
 
1984 Luis Buñuel en los 60 (short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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9 Biographical Movies  | 7 Print Biographies  | 10 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Louis Bunuel | Luis Bunuel | Bunuel

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

A writer of a painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive. See more »

Trivia:

Liked to daydream, and his imaginations were frequently to play tricks to his friends and, in Mexico, one of his favorite "victims" was the Spanish screenwriter Luis Alcoriza. During a hunting party, Alcoriza saw an eaglet on a tree and knocked it down with the first shot but then he found a price tag on a paw: it was a stuffed bird put there by Buñuel. See more »

Trademark:

Mockery or wholesale attacks upon religion, especially Catholicism See more »

Nickname:

The Scourge of the Bourgeoisie See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces