Ventura Pons
Catalan film director (1945–2024)
Ventura Pons Sala (Catalan pronunciation: [bənˈtuɾə ˈpɔns]; 25 July 1945 – 8 January 2024) was a Spanish movie director. He mainly directed movies in Catalan but also in Spanish and English. Pons directed 32 feature movies. Pons was known for his documentary Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait and his feature movies Anita Takes a Chance and Food of Love. Pons was born in Barcelona, Spain.
Pons died on 8 January 2024 in Barcelona from problems caused by a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 78.[1]