Pedro Almodóvar
Directing·September 25, 1949 — 76 years old·Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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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—Around Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownSelf—A Manual for Cleaning WomenScreenplay—Queen of the FallsProducer2026La Bola NegraAssociate Producer2026Short Cuts: Talons aiguilles de Pedro AlmodovarOriginal Film Writer2026Bitter ChristmasDirector · Writer2025Pedro x JavisTVSelf2025SirātProducer2025A Free ManSelf2024Alaska ReveladaTVSelf2024Almodóvar en La habitación de al ladoSelf2024The Room Next DoorDirector · Writer2024La RevueltaTVSelf - Guest2023Fleeting LiesTVExecutive Producer2023Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinémaTVSelf - Guest2023Almodóvar, l'insolent de la ManchaSelf2023Strange Way of LifeDirector · Writer2023Icónica Chamorro2023Beau gesteTVSelf2023El viaje de JulietaSelf2022Making Parallel MothersSelf2021We Are CinemaSelf (archive footage)2021Parallel MothersScreenplay · Director2021Directors on DirectorsTVSelf2021La Noche DTVSelf - Guest2020It Snows in BenidormProducer2020The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark KermodeSelf2020The Human VoiceDirector · Screenplay2020Pongamos que hablo deTVSelf2020The Making of Pain and GlorySelf2019Todos los nombres de SaraSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)2019Pain and GloryDirector · Screenplay2019The Silence of OthersExecutive Producer2018¡Ay, Carmen!Self - Filmmaker2018El AngelProducer2017ZamaCo-Producer2017ChavelaSelf2016JulietaDirector · Screenplay2016Late motivTVPedro Almodóvar2015The ClanProducer2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterTVSelf2014Wild TalesProducer2014Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Self2013I'm So Excited!Screenplay · Director2012Once Upon a Time… All About My MotherSelf2012The Making of The Skin I Live InSelf2012The Making of All About My MotherSelf2011Life Remote Control2011Frenesí en la gran ciudadSelf (archive footage)2011The Skin I Live InDirector · Screenplay2010Brunes et BlondesSelf2010Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta200950 años de... CancionesSelf (archive footage)2009The Last Summer of La BoyitaExecutive Producer2009Wandering HeartSelf2009Broken EmbracesDirector · Writer2009The Cannibalistic CouncillorWriter · Director2008The Headless WomanProducer2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredSelf (archive footage)2007The Making of VolverSelf2007The Graham Norton ShowTVSelf2006VolverDirector · Screenplay2005The Secret Life of WordsExecutive Producer2005Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusionesSelf2005Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!Screenplay · Director2005El CalentitoHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)2004Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad EducationSelf2004The Holy GirlExecutive Producer2004Words in Progress2004Bad EducationDirector · Screenplay · Producer2003My Life Without MeExecutive Producer2002Talk to HerDirector · Writer · Screenplay1999All About My MotherDirector · Screenplay1997Live FleshDirector · Screenplay1996My Name Is ShadowAssociate Producer1995The Flower of My SecretScreenplay · Director1995God Save the Queens1995Lo + plusTVSelf - Guest1993KikaDirector · Screenplay1993EurotrashTV1993Mutant ActionProducer1991High HeelsDirector · Screenplay1991Madonna: Truth or DareSelf1990Pictures of EuropeSelf1990La mujer de tu vidaTV1990Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Screenplay · Director1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownDirector · Screenplay1987Law of DesireDependiente ferretería (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay1986MatadorFrancisco Montesinos (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay · Story1985Tatuaje1984What Have I Done to Deserve This?Play-Back 'La bien pagá' · Director · Screenplay1983Dark HabitsPassagier in Bus (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay · Songs1982Labyrinth of PassionSinger / Director (uncredited) · Production Design · Director · Producer · Writer1980Pepi, Luci, BomMaster of Ceremony (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay1980RaptureGloria's Voice (voice) (uncredited)1978Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín!Director · Writer1978A Man Called Autumn FlowerLola Nicaragua, la Reina de la Banana1978Tiempos de constitución1978What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?1978SaloméDirector · Screenplay1977Sex Is Coming, Sex Is ComingDirector · Writer1977Las tres ventajas de PonteWriter · Director1977ComplementosScreenplay · Director1976Muerte en la carreteraDirector · Screenplay1976Sea caritativoScreenplay · Director1975BlancorScreenplay · Director1975El sueño, o la estrellaDirector · Screenplay1975HomenajeDirector · Screenplay1975La caída de SódomaScreenplay · Director1974Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a WeddingDirector1974Film políticoDirector · Screenplay1953The OscarsTVSelf