Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel (1900–1983) was a Spanish-Mexican director and screenwriter, the cinema's foremost surrealist and a foundational figure of Spanish-language film. After collaborating with Salvador Dalí on the scandal-making Un Chien Andalou in 1929, he worked in exile in Mexico from the 1940s onward, returning to Spain and France in his later career. Across more than thirty features his films skewered the Catholic Church, the bourgeoisie, and the irrational logic of dreams, with deadpan compositions and sharp social satire. His acclaimed films include Un Chien Andalou, Los Olvidados, Viridiana, The Exterminating Angel, Belle de Jour, and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.