Name
Pedro Almodóvar
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1949-09-25 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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.
Known For
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The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked ...
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Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet ...
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Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in...
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Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same...
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During a long December holiday weekend, a woman, whose mother has recently died, throws he...
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Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, how...
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Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas....
- 1983 Dark Habits as Passagier in Bus (uncredited)
- 2023 Icónica Chamorro
- 1985 Tatuaje
- 2011 Life Remote Control
- 2023 Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha as Self
- 2005 Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones as Self
- 1990 Pictures of Europe as Self
- 2008 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 El viaje de Julieta as Self
- 1995 God Save the Queens
- 1978 What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
- 1984 What Have I Done to Deserve This? as Play-Back 'La bien pagá'
- 2021 We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 Words in Progress
- 2012 The Making of The Skin I Live In as Self
- Soon Around Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Self
- 2014 Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Self
- 1991 Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
- 2020 The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode as Self
- 2012 The Making of All About My Mother as Self
- 2020 The Making of Pain and Glory as Self
- 2004 Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education as Self
- 2022 Making Parallel Mothers as Self
- 2007 The Making of Volver as Self
- 2017 Chavela as Self
- 2009 50 años de... Canciones as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 Wandering Heart as Self
- 2018 ¡Ay, Carmen! as Self - Filmmaker
- 1986 Matador as Francisco Montesinos (uncredited)
- 2005 El Calentito as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012 Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother as Self
- 2019 Todos los nombres de Sara as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2010 Brunes et Blondes as Self
- 1978 Tiempos de constitución
- 1980 Pepi, Luci, Bom as Master of Ceremony (uncredited)
- 1980 Rapture as Gloria's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
- 1978 A Man Called Autumn Flower as Lola Nicaragua, la Reina de la Banana
- 2011 Frenesí en la gran ciudad as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 Law of Desire as Dependiente ferretería (uncredited)
- 2010 Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta
- 1982 Labyrinth of Passion as Singer / Director (uncredited)
- 2024 Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado as Self
- 2025 A Free Man as Self
- 2017 Coco Chanel & Arletty: An Auvergne Destiny as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 Heart of the Festival as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 El Patronato. Histéricas, desviadas, descarriadas as Himself (archival footage) [uncredited role]
- 2020 Pongamos que hablo de ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1990 La mujer de tu vida ( 1 episode )
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1995 Lo + plus ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2016 Late motiv ( 1 episode ) as Pedro Almodóvar
- 2021 Directors on Directors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Alaska Revelada ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2023 Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2021 La Noche D ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2024 La Revuelta ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 Pedro x Javis ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2023 Beau geste ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Eurotrash ( 1 episode )
- 2026 Cara al Show con Marc Giró ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Che tempo che fa ( 1 episode ) as Self
