Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel Portolés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis βuˈɲwel poɾtoˈles]; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker.^[2]

Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel, 1968
Born	Luis Buñuel Portolés (1900-02-22)22 February 1900 Calanda, Teruel, Spain
Died	29 July 1983(1983-07-29) (aged 83) Mexico City, Mexico
Cause of death	Cirrhosis
Citizenship	Spain (renounced in 1949) [1]Mexico (since 1949) [1]
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1929–1977
Spouse	Jeanne Rucar (m. 1934)

The New York Times called him "a revolutionary" who was a "leader of avant-garde surrealism in his youth and a dominant international movie director half a century later".^[3]

His first movie, Un Chien Andalou, was called "the most famous short [movie] ever made" by critic Roger Ebert,^[4] and his last movie, That Obscure Object of Desire, won him Best Director awards from the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics.^[5]