Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 25, 1945
Died
Jan 08, 2024
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Credits
37 titles
Ventura Pons
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.
Known For
Filmography
Univers(o) Pecanins
Director
Cinema mon amour
Self
Be Happy!
Writer
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self
Miss Dalí
Writer
Universal i faraona
Director
The Bigger, the Better
Director
Oh, quina joia!
Director
Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
Director
Virus of Fear
Director
Còmics
Self
Ignasi M.
Director
An Afternoon in Geneva
Director
Year of Grace
Director
La Rambla: secrets d'un escenari
Self
A Thousand Fools
Director
Adrift
Director
Strangers
Director
Barcelona (A Map)
Director
Life in the Abyss
Director
Wounded Animals
Director
Idiot Love
Director
El gran Gato
Director
Food of Love
Director
Anita Takes a Chance
Director
To Die (Or Not)
Director
Beloved/Friend
Director
Caresses
Director
Actresses
Director
What's It All About
Director
Rosita, please!
Director
Aquesta nit o mai
Director
What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
Director
Puta misèria!
Director
The Blonde at the Bar
Director
The Victor of Olot
Director
Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
Self - Interviewer (uncredited)