Luis Bunuel
Surreal Film Director
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MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Became well known with his first film Un Chien Andalou (1929), which was 17 minutes long and included shocking imagery
- Directed Los Olvidados (1950) in Mexico, winning the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival
- After his last film, That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), he wrote an autobiography
Life In Paris
- Moved to Paris in 1925 to enter the film making business
- Started out working as an assistant film director to Jean Epstein
- Created a sensation in Paris with his own first movie which was different than the traditional natural and literal feel of movies
- His six years in Paris served as the foundation of his career as film director.