Pere Portabella
Pere Portabella
01.01.1927 (97 years) (Figueres, Catalonia, Spain)
Pere Portabella i Ràfols (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpeɾə ˌpɔɾtəˈβeʎə j ˈrafuls]; born in 1927) is a Spanish politician, director, and producer. In 1977, he was elected Senator in Spain's first democratic elections and participated in the writing of the Spanish Constitution. As a filmmaker, his style is experimental, reaching new aspects of film language, often with a poetic tone and social content. Portabella is hailed as an iconic figure in Spanish film.