- Naissance
- Décédé(e)29 juillet 1983 · Ville de Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexique (cancer du foie et du pancréas)
- Nom de naissanceLuis Buñuel Portolés
- Surnom
- The Scourge of the Bourgeoisie
- Taille5′ 7½″ (1,71 m)
- Luis Buñuel est né le 22 février 1900 en Espagne. Il était scénariste et réalisateur. Il est connu pour Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972), Belle de jour (1967) et Cet obscur objet du désir (1977). Il était marié à Jeanne Buñuel. Il est mort le 29 juillet 1983 à Mexico, District Fédéral, Mexique.
- Conjoint(e)Jeanne Buñuel(1925 - 29 juillet 1983) (son décès, 2 enfants)
- Enfants
- ParentsLeonardo BuñuelMaría Portolés
- Membres de la familleLeonardo Buñuel(Sibling)Alicia Buñuel(Sibling)Margarita Buñuel(Sibling)María Buñuel(Sibling)Concepción Buñuel(Sibling)Alfonso Buñuel(Sibling)Diego Bunuel(Grandchild)
- Insects
- His films often include an animal in a scene, where they seem out of place
- Satirizies or outright attacks bourgeois lifestyles
- Shocking subject matter
- Mockery or wholesale attacks upon religion, especially Catholicism
- Praised by Alfred Hitchcock as the best director ever.
- 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.
- Besides his native Spanish, he spoke fluent French and English.
- Rejected an offer from Salvador Dalí to direct a sequel to Un chien andalou (1929) in 1966.
- Was voted the 14th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
- I have a soft spot for secret passageways, bookshelves that open into silence, staircases that go down into a void, and hidden safes. I even have one myself, but I won't tell you where. At the other end of the spectrum are statistics which I hate with all my heart.
- [asked why he made movies] To show that this is not the best of all possible worlds.
- I've always found insects exciting.
- Nothing would disgust me more morally than winning an Oscar.
- Thank God, I'm an atheist.
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