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Pere Portabella

Directing

Born January 1, 1927 · Figueres, Catalonia, Spain

Also known as Pedro Portabella

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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.

Awards & recognition

  • honorary doctor of the University of Girona · 2022
  • Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award · 2012
  • honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona · 2009
  • Premi Nacional de Cinema · 2009
  • Saint George's Cross · 1999

Filmography11 titles

Viridiana

1961Executive Producer

The Moment of Truth

1965Co-Writer

The Silence Before Bach

2007Director, Producer, Writer

Vampir Cuadecuc

1972Director, Producer, Screenplay

Umbracle

1972Director, Writer

Don't Count On Your Fingers

1967Director, Writer

The Dinner

1974Director, Writer

Nocturne 29

1969Director, Screenplay, Story

No al no: Visca el piano!

2006Director, Producer, Writer

Marquis de Sade's Justine

1969

Play Back

1970Director, Writer