Biography
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.
Directed 32
2010s
- 2019
Univers(o) Pecanins
Director
- 2018
Miss Dalí
Director
- 2017
The Bigger, the Better
Director
- 2016
Oh, quina joia!
Director
Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
Director
- 2015
Virus of Fear
Director
- 2014
Ignasi M.
Director
- 2013
An Afternoon in Geneva
Director
- 2011
A Thousand Fools
Director
2000s
- 2009
Adrift
Director
- 2008
Strangers
Director
- 2007
Life in the Abyss
Director
- 2006
Wounded Animals
Director
- 2004
- 2003
El gran Gato
Director
- 2002
- 2001
Anita Takes a Chance
Director
- 2000
To Die (Or Not)
Director
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Caresses
Director
- 1997
- 1995
- 1992
Aquesta nit o mai
Director
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
Puta misèria!
Director
- 1987
The Blonde at the Bar
Director
- 1981
The Victor of Olot
Director
1970s
- 1978
Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
Director
Wrote 23
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Miss Dalí
Writer
- 2017
The Bigger, the Better
Screenplay
- 2016
Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
Writer
- 2015
Virus of Fear
Writer
- 2014
Ignasi M.
Screenplay
- 2011
A Thousand Fools
Writer
2000s
- 2009
Adrift
Screenplay
- 2008
Strangers
Screenplay
- 2007
Life in the Abyss
Screenplay
- 2006
Wounded Animals
Screenplay
- 2003
El gran Gato
Writer
- 2002
- 2001
Anita Takes a Chance
Writer
- 2000
To Die (Or Not)
Screenplay
1990s
- 1998
Caresses
Screenplay
- 1997
- 1995
1980s
- 1989
Puta misèria!
Screenplay
- 1987
The Blonde at the Bar
Screenplay
- 1981
The Victor of Olot
Writer
Produced 17
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Miss Dalí
Producer
- 2017
The Bigger, the Better
Producer
- 2014
Ignasi M.
Producer
- 2011
A Thousand Fools
Producer
2000s
- 2004
- 2002
- 2001
Anita Takes a Chance
Producer
- 2000
To Die (Or Not)
Producer
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
- 1995
- 1992
Aquesta nit o mai
Producer
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
Puta misèria!
Producer
Appearances5
2010s
- 2019
Cinema mon amour
Self
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self, Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 2015
Còmics
Self · 2 episodes
- 2011
La Rambla: secrets d'un escenari
Self
1970s
- 1978
Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
Self - Interviewer (uncredited)