Luis Bunuel

Luis Buñuel (22 February 1900 - 29 July 1983 in Mexico City of liver cirrhosis) was a surrealist filmmaker and director whose most famous works include:

Un Chien Andalou (The Andalusian Dog)
L'Age d'Or
Los olvidados
Susana
Nazarin
El
El Ángel Exterminador (The exterminating angel)
Viridiana
Le journal d'une femme de chambre, starring Jeanne Moreau
Belle de Jour, starring Catherine Deneuve
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)
That Obscure Object of Desire, won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Buñuel had a strict Jesuit education and went to university in Madrid. After that, he moved to Paris to do film-related work. His first movie, Un Chien Andalou (1929), put him into film history due to its shocking imagery, such as the slicing of a woman's eyeball.

He continued using this surreal imagery that found fertile ground in Mexico, famous are his scenes where chickens populate nightmares, women grow beards and aspiring saints are desiried by luscious women.

He married Jeanne Rucar in 1925. Buñuel became a Mexican citizen in 1948. His sons are film-maker Rafael Buñuel and Juan Luis Buñuel.

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Luis Bunuel Facts

Birth Name	Luis Buñuel Portolés
Occupation	Director
Birthday	February 22, 1900
Sign	Pisces
Birthplace	Calanda, Spain
Date of death	July 29, 1983 (age 83)

Selected Filmography

Belle de Jour

Luis Bunuel's Robinson Crusoe

The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie

That Obscure Object of Desire

Viridiana

Los Olvidados

Luis Bunuel 2-Disc Collector's Edition

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