Pedro Almodóvar
Director, Escritor, Productor, Actor
25 de septiembre de 1949 (76 años)
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.
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.
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| 1989 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!En Plex |
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| 2021 | Parallel Mothers · as Screenplay |
| 2020 | The Human Voice · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | Pain and Glory · as Screenplay |
| 2016 | Julieta · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | I'm So Excited! · as Screenplay |
| 2011 | The Skin I Live In · as Screenplay |
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| 2006 | Volver · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | Bad Education · as Screenplay |
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| 1999 | All About My Mother · as Screenplay |
| 1997 | Live Flesh · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | The Flower of My Secret · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | Kika · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | High Heels · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! · as ScreenplayEn Plex |
| 1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | Law of Desire · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | Matador · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | What Have I Done to Deserve This? · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Dark Habits · as Screenplay |
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| 1980 | Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom · as Screenplay |
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| 1978 | Salomé · as Screenplay |
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| 2023 | Fleeting Lies · as Executive Producer |
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| 2018 | The Silence of Others · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | El AngelEn Plex |
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| 2017 | Zama · as Co-Producer |
| 2017 | Light Years · as Co-Producer |
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| 2009 | The Last Summer of La Boyita · as Executive ProducerEn Plex |
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| 2005 | The Secret Life of Words · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | The Holy Girl · as Executive Producer |
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| 2003 | My Life Without Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | The Devil's Backbone · as Executive Producer |
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| 1996 | Mi nombre es sombra · as Associate Producer |
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| 2004 | Bad Education · as Limpiador Piscina |
| 1989 | Delusions of Love · as Cast |
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| 1987 | Law of Desire · as Dependiente Ferretería (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Matador · as Francisco Montesinos (uncredited) |
| 1984 | What Have I Done to Deserve This? · as Play-Back 'la Bien Pagá' |
| 1983 | Dark Habits · as Passagier In Bus (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Labyrinth of Passion · as Singer / Director (uncredited) |
| 1980 | Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom · as Master Of Ceremony (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Rapture · as Gloria's Voice (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! · as Cast |
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| 1978 | A Man Called Autumn Flower · as Lola Nicaragua, La Reina De La Banana |
| 1983 | Dark Habits · as Songs |
| 1982 | Labyrinth of Passion · as Production Design |