Pedro Almodóvar
- Directing
- September 25, 1949 · 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
Filmography
- La bola negra · Associate Producer
- Short Cuts: Talons aiguilles de Pedro Almodovar · Original Film Writer
- Cara al Show con Marc Giró · Self
- Bitter Christmas · Director, Writer
- Pedro x Javis · Self
- Sirāt · Producer
- A Free Man · Self
- Alaska Revelada · Self
- Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado · Self
- The Room Next Door · Director, Writer
- La Revuelta · Self
- Fleeting Lies · Executive producer
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · Self
- Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha · Self
- Strange Way of Life · Director, Writer
- Icónica Chamorro
- Beau geste · Self
- El viaje de Julieta · Self
- Making Parallel Mothers · Self
- We Are Cinema · Self
- Parallel Mothers · Screenplay, Director
- Directors on Directors · Self
- La Noche D · Self
- It Snows in Benidorm · Producer
- The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode · Self
- The Human Voice · Director, Screenplay
- Pongamos que hablo de · Self
- The Making of Pain and Glory · Self
- Todos los nombres de Sara · Self
- Pain and Glory · Director, Screenplay
- The Silence of Others · Executive producer
- ¡Ay, Carmen! · Self
- El Angel · Producer
- Zama · Co-producer
- Chavela · Self
- Coco Chanel & Arletty: An Auvergne Destiny · Self
- Julieta · Director, Screenplay
- Late motiv · Pedro Almodóvar
- The Clan · Producer
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Wild Tales · Producer
- Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! · Self
- I'm So Excited! · Screenplay, Director
- Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother · Self
- The Making of The Skin I Live In · Self
- The Making of All About My Mother · Self
- Life Remote Control
- Frenesí en la gran ciudad · Self
- The Skin I Live In · Director, Screenplay
- Brunes et Blondes · Self
- Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta
- 50 años de... Canciones · Self
- The Last Summer of La Boyita · Executive producer
- Wandering Heart · Self
- Broken Embraces · Director, Writer
- The Cannibalistic Councillor · Writer, Director
- The Headless Woman · Producer
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired · Self
- The Making of Volver · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Volver · Director, Screenplay
- The Secret Life of Words · Executive producer
- Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones · Self
- Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido! · Screenplay, Director
- El Calentito · Self
- Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education · Self
- The Holy Girl · Executive producer
- Words in Progress
- Bad Education · Director, Screenplay
- Che tempo che fa · Self
- My Life Without Me · Executive producer
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Talk to Her · Director, Writer
- All About My Mother · Director, Screenplay
- Live Flesh · Director, Screenplay
- My Name Is Shadow · Associate Producer
- The Flower of My Secret · Screenplay, Director
- God Save the Queens
- Lo + plus · Self
- Kika · Director, Screenplay