Pere Portabella
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1927 (age 99)
Birthplace
Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Biography
Pere Portabella (born in 1927) is a Catalan director, producer, and politician. In 1977, he was elected Senator in Spain's first democratic elections and participated in the writing of the Spanish Constitution. As a filmmaker, his style is experimental, reaching new aspects of film language, often with a poetic tone and social content. Portabella is hailed as an essential figure in the political and cultural history of Spain.
Best known work
Viridiana
1962
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
The Wheelchair
1960
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
The Moment of Truth
1965
The Silence Before Bach
2007
Train of Shadows
1997
The Delinquents
1960
Nocturne 29
1969
With Good Reason
2004Filmography
TBA
TBA
TBA
Como un pájaroProducer
2024
Constel·lació Portabellaas Self (archive footage)
2023
Els tapissos de Miróas Self
2022
Poetes, 50 anys desprésas Self
2021
D'ombresThanks
2020
We Were Not Born RefugeesProducer
2019
2017
Drácula Barcelonaas Himself
2016
In the same boatProducer
2015
General Report II: The New Abduction of EuropeDirector, Writer, Producer
2012
2012
2009
Uno de aquellosDirector
2008
MudanzaDirector, Writer, Producer
2008
2007
The Silence Before BachWriter, Director, Producer
2006
Filmmakers in Actionas Self
2006
No al no: Visca el piano!Director, Producer, Writer
2004
P.H.N.Director
2004
With Good ReasonDirector
2003
Lectura BrossaDirector
2003
The TempestDirector, Writer
2000
Speaking of Buñuelas Self