Biography

Ventura Pons was born on July 25, 1945 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and producer, known for Anita no perd el tren (2001), To Die (or Not) (2000) and What's It All About (1995). He died on January 8, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.

Founded his own company Els Films de la Rambla, S.A. in 1985.

Since 1995 he has chosen to adapt dramatic and comic texts of Catalan writers like Quim Monzó (What's It All About (1995), Mil cretins (2011)), Josep Maria Benet i Jornet (Actresses (1997), Beloved/Friend (1999)), Sergi Belbel (Caresses (1998), To Die (or Not) (2000), Forasters (2008)), Lluís-Anton Baulenas (Anita no perd el tren (2001), Idiot Love (2004), Adrift (2009)), Jordi Puntí (Wounded Animals (2006)), Ferran Torrent (Life in the Abyss (2007)) and Lluïsa Cunillé (Barcelona (A Map) (2007)).

Work as a theatre director for a decade before he filmed his first movie in 1977.

Ventura Pons was fluent in Catalan.