

Ventura Pons
Director · Actor · WriterFrom 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.
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Be Happy!
2019
Director

Univers(o) Pecanins
2019
Director

Miss Dalí
2018
Director

Universal i faraona
2018
Director

The Bigger, the Better
2017
Director

Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
2016
Director

Oh, quina joia!
2016
Director

Virus of Fear
2015
Director

Ignasi M.
2014
Director

An Afternoon in Geneva
2013
Director

Year of Grace
2011
Director

A Thousand Fools
2011
Director

Adrift
2009
Director

Strangers
2008
Director

Barcelona (A Map)
2007
Director

Life in the Abyss
2007
Director

Wounded Animals
2006
Director

Idiot Love
2004
Director

El gran Gato
2003
Director

Food of Love
2002
Director

Anita Takes a Chance
2001
Director

To Die (Or Not)
2000
Director

Beloved/Friend
1999
Director

Caresses
1998
Director

Actresses
1997
Director

What's It All About
1995
Director
- Rosita, please!
Rosita, please!
1994
Director

Aquesta nit o mai
1992
Director

What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
1991
Director

Puta misèria!
1989
Director

The Blonde at the Bar
1987
Director

The Victor of Olot
1981
Director

Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
1978
Director
WRITER23

Be Happy!
2019
Writer

Miss Dalí
2018
Writer

The Bigger, the Better
2017
Screenplay

Cola, Colita, Colassa (Oda a Barcelona)
2016
Writer

Virus of Fear
2015
Writer

Ignasi M.
2014
Screenplay

Year of Grace
2011
Writer

A Thousand Fools
2011
Writer

Adrift
2009
Screenplay

Strangers
2008
Screenplay

Barcelona (A Map)
2007
Screenplay

Life in the Abyss
2007
Screenplay

Wounded Animals
2006
Screenplay

El gran Gato
2003
Writer

Food of Love
2002
Screenplay

Anita Takes a Chance
2001
Writer

To Die (Or Not)
2000
Screenplay

Caresses
1998
Screenplay

Actresses
1997
Screenplay

What's It All About
1995
Screenplay

Puta misèria!
1989
Screenplay

The Blonde at the Bar
1987
Screenplay

The Victor of Olot
1981
Writer
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Be Happy!
2019
Producer

Miss Dalí
2018
Producer

Universal i faraona
2018
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The Bigger, the Better
2017
Producer

Ignasi M.
2014
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Year of Grace
2011
Producer

A Thousand Fools
2011
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Idiot Love
2004
Executive Producer

Food of Love
2002
Producer

Anita Takes a Chance
2001
Producer

To Die (Or Not)
2000
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Beloved/Friend
1999
Producer

Actresses
1997
Producer

What's It All About
1995
Producer
- Rosita, please!
Rosita, please!
1994
Producer

Aquesta nit o mai
1992
Producer

What Do You Bet, Mari Pili?
1991
Producer

Puta misèria!
1989
Producer







