Pons is a director, screenwriter and producer with the original name Bonaventura Pons i Sala. He began his career as a theatre director, and after a decade spent in theatres he directed his first film – documentary Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait (Ocaña, retrat intermitent, 1978). In 1981, he directed his first full-length feature film comedy El vicari d'Oloti. He founded his own production house Els Films de la Rambla in 1985 and directed most of his films for it. At first he made comedies (The Blonde at the Bar (La rossa del bar, 1986), Què t'hi jugues, Mari Pili? (1991), Aquesta nit o mai (1992). From 1995, he began adapting plays and comedies by Spanish writers for films. Some of these adaptations include Caresses (Carícies, 1998), Beloved/Friend (Amic/Amat, 1999), Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren, 2001), Food of Love (2002), Idiotska ljubav (Amor idiota, 2004), Life on the Edge (La vida abismal, 2007), Strangers (Forasteros, 2008), A la deriva (2009) and A Thousand Fools (Mil cretins, 2011). After the comedy Year of Grace (Any de Gràcia, 2011), he directed the documentary Ignasi M. (2013) about the vivid protagonist with the same name. He is currently working in post-production on his film El virus de la por (2015). As one of the best well-known Catalan film directors, he was the vice-president of the Spanish Film Academy. In 2012, he received the Sant Jordi award for his entire film career.