Buñuel

American  

[boon-wel, boo-nywel] / bunˈwɛl, buˈnywɛl /

noun

1. Luis 1900–83, Spanish film director.

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Buñuel British  

/ buˈɲwel /

noun

1. Luis (lwis). 1900–83, Spanish film director. He collaborated with Salvador Dali on the first surrealist films, Un Chien andalou (1929) and L'Age d'or (1930). His later films include Viridiana (1961), Belle de jour (1966), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

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Example Sentences

Fluent in posturing and hypocrisy, Ulman looks like an influencer and thinks like Luis Buñuel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

The hive of activity is the Palais, a massive complex by the sea full of cinemas with names like Buñuel, Bazin and, the granddaddy, the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

Not only are the two Luis Buñuel films that Sondheim and the playwright David Ives took as their inspiration maximally surrealist, they are also surreal in different, seemingly incompatible ways.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2023

In a career spanning more than six decades and more than 50 films, Mr. Saura saw himself as an heir to the moviemaking tradition established by his friend and creative soul mate, Luis Buñuel.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

He’s trying to make headway on a new musical with playwright David Ives based on two classic films by Luis Buñuel, but age, infirmity and self-doubt are slowing him down.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022