Person
Pedro Almodóvar
Directing · Born 1949-09-25 · 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
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Oscars
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Eurotrash
1993
La Revuelta
Self - Guest
Beau geste
Self
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
The Skin I Live In
Director
Bitter Christmas
Director
Wild Tales
Producer
Filmography
- 2026La Bola NegraAssociate Producer
- 2026Short Cuts: Talons aiguilles de Pedro AlmodovarOriginal Film Writer
- 2026Bitter ChristmasDirector
- 2025Pedro x JavisSelf
- 2025SirātProducer
- 2025A Free ManSelf
- 2024Alaska ReveladaSelf
- 2024Almodóvar en La habitación de al ladoSelf
- 2024The Room Next DoorDirector
- 2024La RevueltaSelf - Guest
- 2023Fleeting LiesExecutive Producer
- 2023Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinémaSelf - Guest
- 2023Almodóvar, l'insolent de la ManchaSelf
- 2023Strange Way of LifeDirector
- 2023Icónica Chamorro
- 2023Beau gesteSelf
- 2023El viaje de JulietaSelf
- 2022Making Parallel MothersSelf
- 2021We Are CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Parallel MothersScreenplay
- 2021Directors on DirectorsSelf
- 2021La Noche DSelf - Guest
- 2020It Snows in BenidormProducer
- 2020The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark KermodeSelf
- 2020The Human VoiceDirector
- 2020Pongamos que hablo deSelf
- 2020The Making of Pain and GlorySelf
- 2019Todos los nombres de SaraSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2019Pain and GloryDirector
- 2019The Silence of OthersExecutive Producer
- 2018¡Ay, Carmen!Self - Filmmaker
- 2018El AngelProducer
- 2017ZamaCo-Producer
- 2017ChavelaSelf
- 2016JulietaDirector
- 2016Late motivPedro Almodóvar
- 2015The ClanProducer
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2014Wild TalesProducer
- 2014Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Self
- 2013I'm So Excited!Screenplay
- 2012Once Upon a Time… All About My MotherSelf
- 2012The Making of The Skin I Live InSelf
- 2012The Making of All About My MotherSelf
- 2011Life Remote Control
- 2011Frenesí en la gran ciudadSelf (archive footage)
- 2011The Skin I Live InDirector
- 2010Brunes et BlondesSelf
- 2010Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta
- 200950 años de... CancionesSelf (archive footage)
- 2009The Last Summer of La BoyitaExecutive Producer
- 2009Wandering HeartSelf
- 2009Broken EmbracesDirector
- 2009The Cannibalistic CouncillorWriter
- 2008The Headless WomanProducer
- 2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredSelf (archive footage)
- 2007The Making of VolverSelf
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
- 2006VolverDirector
- 2005The Secret Life of WordsExecutive Producer
- 2005Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusionesSelf
- 2005Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!Screenplay
- 2005El CalentitoHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad EducationSelf
- 2004The Holy GirlExecutive Producer
- 2004Words in Progress
- 2004Bad EducationDirector
- 2003My Life Without MeExecutive Producer
- 2002Talk to HerDirector
- 1999All About My MotherDirector
- 1997Live FleshDirector
- 1996My Name Is ShadowAssociate Producer
- 1995The Flower of My SecretScreenplay
- 1995God Save the Queens
- 1995Lo + plusSelf - Guest
- 1993KikaDirector
- 1993Eurotrash
- 1993Mutant ActionProducer
- 1991High HeelsDirector
- 1991Madonna: Truth or DareSelf
- 1990Pictures of EuropeSelf
- 1990La mujer de tu vida
- 1990Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Screenplay
- 1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownDirector
- 1987Law of DesireDependiente ferretería (uncredited)
- 1986MatadorFrancisco Montesinos (uncredited)
- 1985Tatuaje
- 1984What Have I Done to Deserve This?Play-Back 'La bien pagá'
- 1983Dark HabitsPassagier in Bus (uncredited)
- 1982Labyrinth of PassionSinger / Director (uncredited)
- 1980Pepi, Luci, BomMaster of Ceremony (uncredited)
- 1980RaptureGloria's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
- 1978Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín!Director
- 1978A Man Called Autumn FlowerLola Nicaragua, la Reina de la Banana
- 1978Tiempos de constitución
- 1978What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
- 1978SaloméDirector
- 1977Sex Is Coming, Sex Is ComingDirector
- 1977Las tres ventajas de PonteWriter
- 1977ComplementosScreenplay
- 1976Muerte en la carreteraDirector
- 1976Sea caritativoScreenplay
- 1975BlancorScreenplay
- 1975El sueño, o la estrellaDirector
- 1975HomenajeDirector
- 1975La caída de SódomaScreenplay
- 1974Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a WeddingDirector
- 1974Film políticoDirector
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Around Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownSelf
- —A Manual for Cleaning WomenScreenplay
- —Queen of the FallsProducer
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