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Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar

Director · Born 1949-09-25 · Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

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Biography

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (born September 25, 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors, glossy décor and LGBT themes. Desire, passion, family and identity are among Almodóvar’s most prevalent themes. His films enjoy a worldwide following and he has become a major figure on the stage of world cinema. He founded Spanish film production company El Deseo S.A. with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar who has produced almost all of Pedro’s films. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.

Directed

  1. The Skin I Live In (2011) — Director
  2. All About My Mother (1999) — Director
  3. Volver (2006) — Director
  4. Pain and Glory (2019) — Director
  5. Talk to Her (2002) — Director
  6. Bad Education (2004) — Director
  7. Parallel Mothers (2021) — Director
  8. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) — Director
  9. Julieta (2016) — Director
  10. Live Flesh (1997) — Director
  11. Broken Embraces (2009) — Director
  12. I'm So Excited! (2013) — Director
  13. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) — Director
  14. The Room Next Door (2024) — Director
  15. High Heels (1991) — Director
  16. Strange Way of Life (2023) — Director
  17. Law of Desire (1987) — Director
  18. Kika (1993) — Director
  19. Matador (1986) — Director
  20. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) — Director
  21. The Flower of My Secret (1995) — Director
  22. The Human Voice (2020) — Director
  23. Dark Habits (1983) — Director
  24. Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) — Director
  25. Labyrinth of Passion (1982) — Director
  26. Bitter Christmas (2026) — Director
  27. The Cannibalistic Councillor (2009) — Director
  28. Salomé (1978) — Director
  29. Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido! (2005) — Director
  30. Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín! (1978) — Director
  31. Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a Wedding (1974) — Director
  32. Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming (1977) — Director
  33. Film político (1974) — Director
  34. Blancor (1975) — Director
  35. Homenaje (1975) — Director
  36. El sueño, o la estrella (1975) — Director
  37. La caída de Sódoma (1975) — Director
  38. Muerte en la carretera (1976) — Director
  39. Sea caritativo (1976) — Director
  40. Las tres ventajas de Ponte (1977) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Law of Desire (1987) — Dependiente ferretería (uncredited)
  2. Matador (1986) — Francisco Montesinos (uncredited)
  3. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  4. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) — Play-Back 'La bien pagá'
  5. Dark Habits (1983) — Passagier in Bus (uncredited)
  6. Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) — Master of Ceremony (uncredited)
  7. Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) — Self
  8. Labyrinth of Passion (1982) — Singer / Director (uncredited)
  9. Rapture (1980) — Gloria's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
  10. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  11. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) — Self (archive footage)
  12. Chavela (2017) — Self
  13. El Calentito (2005) — Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
  14. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  15. A Man Called Autumn Flower (1978) — Lola Nicaragua, la Reina de la Banana
  16. Eurotrash (1993)
  17. Late motiv (2016) — Pedro Almodóvar
  18. What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1978)
  19. Wandering Heart (2009) — Self
  20. Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother (2012) — Self
  21. Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha (2023) — Self
  22. ¡Ay, Carmen! (2018) — Self - Filmmaker
  23. La mujer de tu vida (1990)
  24. La Noche D (2021) — Self - Guest
  25. La Revuelta (2024) — Self - Guest
  26. Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005) — Self
  27. Words in Progress (2004)
  28. Todos los nombres de Sara (2019) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  29. Tiempos de constitución (1978)
  30. Alaska Revelada (2024) — Self
  31. Icónica Chamorro (2023)
  32. Life Remote Control (2011)
  33. We Are Cinema (2021) — Self (archive footage)
  34. 50 años de... Canciones (2009) — Self (archive footage)
  35. Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta (2010)
  36. Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado (2024) — Self
  37. A Free Man (2025) — Self
  38. Beau geste (2023) — Self
  39. Tatuaje (1985)
  40. Pictures of Europe (1990) — Self