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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.
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Filmography
all 35
Movies 35
Director 32
self 2
Univers(o) Pecanins (2019)
Be Happy! (2019)
Miss Dalí (2018)
Universal i faraona (2018)
The Bigger, the Better (2017)
Oh, quina joia! (2016)
Virus of Fear (2015)
Ignasi M. (2014)
An Afternoon in Geneva (2013)
Year of Grace (2011)
A Thousand Fools (2011)
Adrift (2009)
Strangers (2008)
Barcelona (A Map) (2007)
Life in the Abyss (2007)
Wounded Animals (2006)
Idiot Love (2004)
El gran Gato (2003)
Food of Love (2002)
Anita Takes a Chance (2001)
To Die (Or Not) (2000)
Beloved/Friend (1999)
Caresses (1998)
Actresses (1997)
What's It All About (1995)
Rosita, please! (1994)
Aquesta nit o mai (1992)
Puta misèria! (1989)
The Blonde at the Bar (1987)
The Victor of Olot (1981)
Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait (1978)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-07-25
Deathday
2024-01-08 (78 years old)
Birth Name
Bonaventura Pons i Sala
Birth Place
Barcelona, Spain
Citizenships
Spain
Also Known As
Bonaventura Pons i Sala, Ventura Pons i Sala
Awards
Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Saint George's Cross
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