
Person
Ventura Pons
Directing · 1945–2024 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ventura Pons Sala is a Catalan movie director. After a decade as a theatre director, Ventura Pons directed his first film in 1977, 'Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait', which was officially selected by the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Some of his movies have been produced by his own company Els Films de la Rambla, S.A., founded in 1985 and he has become one of the best-known Catalan film directors. His work has been shown at the best international film festivals, most notably at the Berlin International Film Festival for many consecutive years. He began his movie career making comedies about local customs. Since 1995 he has chosen to adapt dramatic and comic texts of Catalan writers like Quim Monzó, Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, Sergi Belbel, Lluís-Anton Baulenas, Jordi Puntí, Ferran Torrent and Lluïsa Cunillé. In 1995 he was awarded the National Cinema Prize by the Government of Catalonia, which also awarded him the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ventura Pons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Wounded Animals
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Puta misèria!
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La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
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Idiot Love
Director

Caresses
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La Rambla: secrets d'un escenari
Self

Food of Love
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What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
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Filmography
- 2019Univers(o) PecaninsDirector
- 2019Cinema mon amourSelf
- 2019Be Happy!Producer
- 2019La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema catalàSelf
- 2018Miss DalíProducer
- 2018Universal i faraonaDirector
- 2017The Bigger, the BetterProducer
- 2016Oh, quina joia!Director
- 2016Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)Director
- 2015Virus of FearDirector
- 2015CòmicsSelf
- 2014Ignasi M.Director
- 2013An Afternoon in GenevaDirector
- 2011Year of GraceWriter
- 2011La Rambla: secrets d'un escenariSelf
- 2011A Thousand FoolsWriter
- 2009AdriftDirector
- 2008StrangersDirector
- 2007Barcelona (A Map)Director
- 2007Life in the AbyssDirector
- 2006Wounded AnimalsDirector
- 2004Idiot LoveDirector
- 2003El gran GatoWriter
- 2002Food of LoveScreenplay
- 2001Anita Takes a ChanceDirector
- 2000To Die (Or Not)Director
- 1999Beloved/FriendDirector
- 1998CaressesDirector
- 1997ActressesScreenplay
- 1995What's It All AboutDirector
- 1994Rosita, please!Director
- 1992Aquesta nit o maiDirector
- 1991What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?Director
- 1989Puta misèria!Screenplay
- 1987The Blonde at the BarDirector
- 1981The Victor of OlotDirector
- 1978Ocaña: An Intermittent PortraitSelf - Interviewer (uncredited)
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