Ventura Pons

Known for DirectingBorn 1945-07-25Died 2024-01-08 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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.Read more

Movies & web series

El gran Gato

Rosita, please!

Actresses

To Die (Or Not)

Strangers

Miss Dalí

Year of Grace

Be Happy!

Anita Takes a Chance

Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)

Food of Love

Beloved/Friend

The Victor of Olot

Idiot Love

Barcelona (A Map)

What's It All About

Caresses

Aquesta nit o mai

Puta misèria!

Wounded Animals

Virus of Fear

A Thousand Fools

Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait

The Blonde at the Bar

Adrift

What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?

Life in the Abyss

The Bigger, the Better

Ignasi M.

Cinema mon amour

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

Univers(o) Pecanins

Universal i faraona

Oh, quina joia!

Còmics

An Afternoon in Geneva

La Rambla: secrets d'un escenari