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Pere Portabella

Directing Born Jan 1, 1927 Figueres, Catalonia, Spain 16 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Filmmakers in Action (2006) as Self
  • Savis i sàvies (2008) as Self - Interviewee
  • La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
  • Spain Again (1969) as Dr. Sanpona
  • Speaking of Buñuel (2000) as Self
  • Drácula Barcelona (2017) as Himself
  • Els tapissos de Miró (2023) as Self
  • Poetes, 50 anys després (2022) as Self
  • Materialista, idealista, cinematógrafo, magnetófono, buen chico y sádico (2012)
  • Olímpicament mort (1986)
  • In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni: filmbiografía de Antonio Maenza (2012) as Himself
  • General Report (1977) as Self
  • BiBici Story (1969)
  • Constel·lació Portabella (2024) as Self (archive footage)
  • PRELUDI DE CHOPIN, OPUS 28, NÚM. 7