---
name: "Salvador Dalí"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/salvador-dali"
fi1m_id: "salvador-dali"
imdb_id: "nm0198557"
tmdb_id: 8988
wikidata_id: "Q5577"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 May 1904"
died: "23 January 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T00:25:28.951902+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Salvador Dalí

## Identity

Salvador Dalí

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/salvador-dali
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** salvador-dali
- **IMDb ID:** nm0198557
- **TMDB ID:** 8988
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5577
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5577, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8988

Writer. Born 11 May 1904 in Figueres, Girona, Catalunya, Spain. Died 23 January 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 May 1904, Figueres, Girona, Catalunya, Spain
- **Died:** 23 January 1989
- **Active:** 1929–1945
- **Also known as:** Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Luis Buñuel](https://film.one/person/luis-bunuel.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 83 (1), 1930s 74 (1), 1940s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5577, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8988

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Un Chien Andalou*](https://film.one/film/un-chien-andalou.md) (83), [*L'Âge d'or*](https://film.one/film/lage-dor.md) (74)

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## Biography

Salvador Dalí was a Spanish surrealist artist who contributed to film as a screenwriter and actor. He co-wrote the screenplay for the short film *Un Chien Andalou* (1929) with Luis Buñuel and appeared uncredited as a seminarist.

Dalí also collaborated with Buñuel on the screenplay for *L'Âge d'or* (1930). His film work is documented in contemporary credits and later references on IMDb.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *L'Âge d'or* (1930), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lage-dor.md)
- *Un Chien Andalou* (1929), Fi1m 83, as Seminarist (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/un-chien-andalou.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Spellbound* (1945), Fi1m 66, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mike Wallace Is Here* (2019), as (archive footage)
- *Andy Warhol, Fluorescent* (2016), as (archive footage)
- *Destino* (2003), Story
- *Babaouo* (2000), Novel
- *Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers* (1980), Thanks
- *Viaje a la Alcarria* (1976), Sound
- *Impressions of Upper Mongolia* (1976), Director, Screenplay
- *As Far as Love Can Go* (1971), as Salvador Dalí (uncredited)
- *Johnny Minotaur* (1971), Actor
- *Fun and Games for Everyone* (1969), Actor
- *Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream* (1966), Actor
- *Screen Test [ST68]: Salvador Dalí* (1966), Actor
- *Salvador Dalí Home Movie* (1954), Director
- *Spellbound* (1945), as Art Direction — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)
- *Moontide* (1942), Set Designer
- *L'Âge d'or* (1930), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lage-dor.md)
- *Un Chien Andalou* (1929), as Seminarist (uncredited) · Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/un-chien-andalou.md)

## Gallery

- ![Salvador Dalí](https://film.one/media/person/1235290/gallery-6da0b036f092.jpg) Salvador Dalí — Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD_1939.jpg/1280px-Salvador_Dal%C3%AD_1939.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Artist Salvador Dali seated in a bathtub at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles (1944)](https://film.one/media/person/1235290/gallery-e283c5885eb0.jpg) Artist Salvador Dali seated in a bathtub at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles (1944) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Salvador_Dali_seated_in_a_bathtub.jpg/1280px-Salvador_Dali_seated_in_a_bathtub.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Salvador Dali in Barcelona met bizar beeld van vrouw, voor Dalimuseum  (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/1235290/gallery-1b7bd8b388b0.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Salvador Dali in Barcelona met bizar beeld van vrouw, voor Dalimuseum  (1974) — [onbekend], CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Salvador_Dali_in_Barcelona_met_bizar_beeld_van_vrouw%2C_voor_Dalimuseum_in_Figuera%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-2197.jpg/1280px-Salvador_Dali_in_Barcelona_met_bizar_beeld_van_vrouw%2C_voor_Dalimuseum_in_Figuera%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-2197.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Salvador Dali geeft gratis les Datum : 8 september 1976 Trefwoorden : ](https://film.one/media/person/1235290/gallery-b12fbc372c89.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Salvador Dali geeft gratis les Datum : 8 september 1976 Trefwoorden :  — Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Salvador_Dali_geeft_gratis_les%2C_Bestanddeelnr_928-7708.jpg/1280px-Salvador_Dali_geeft_gratis_les%2C_Bestanddeelnr_928-7708.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salvador Dalí](https://film.one/media/person/1235290/gallery-71e6d4134078.jpg) Salvador Dalí — Image via TMDB
- ![Philippe Halsman’s Voluptas Mors (1951)](https://film.one/media/person/1235290/gallery-704c641d6639.jpg) Philippe Halsman’s Voluptas Mors (1951) — Philippe Halsman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Voluptas_Mors.jpg/1280px-Voluptas_Mors.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Gold Medal for Tourism Merit 1986: Gold Medal for Tourism Merit (won)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III 1981: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (won)
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts 1971: Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (won)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic 1964: Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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