Pere Portabella i Ràfols (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpeɾə ˌpɔɾtəˈβeʎəj ˈrafuls]; born in 1927) is a Spanish politician, director, and producer.

[1] Raised among the great Catalan industrial bourgeoisie, Portabella moved at an early age to study chemistry in Madrid.

There he met artists such as Joan Ponç, Antoni Tàpies and students at the Escuela Oficial de Cine (EOC), including Carlos Saura and Julio Diamante.

On the first, Lejos de los arboles (1963-1970), written and directed by Jacinto Esteva, Portabella was credited only as associate producer owing to a desire not to be linked to the school in Barcelona.

After the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, Portabella made a documentary on the subject of democratic transition entitled Informe sobre algunas questiones of general interes para una proyección pública (1976).

In 1990 he made the fictional feature, Warsaw Bridge, a reflection on the relationship between literature and film, which marked a return to his most radical techniques.