Pedro Almodóvar
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.
Acting (41 movies)
Dark Habits
1983
Icónica Chamorro
2023
Life Remote Control
2011
Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha
2023
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
Pictures of Europe
1990
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
El viaje de Julieta
2023
God Save the Queens
1995
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1978
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984
We Are Cinema
2021
Words in Progress
2004
The Making of The Skin I Live In
2012
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
2020
The Making of All About My Mother
2012
The Making of Pain and Glory
2020
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
2004
The Making of Volver
2007
Making Parallel Mothers
2022
Chavela
2017
50 años de... Canciones
2009
Wandering Heart
2009
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
Matador
1986
El Calentito
2005
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
Brunes et Blondes
2010
Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980
Rapture
1980
A Man Called Autumn Flower
1978
Frenesí en la gran ciudad
2011
Law of Desire
1987
Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta
2010
Labyrinth of Passion
1982
Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado
2024
A Free Man
2025
Pedro x Javis
2025
Directing (41 movies)
Talk to Her
2002
All About My Mother
1999
Bad Education
2004
Volver
2006
Live Flesh
1997
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
Law of Desire
1987
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
The Flower of My Secret
1995
Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980
Matador
1986
Broken Embraces
2009
Labyrinth of Passion
1982
Kika
1993
Dark Habits
1983
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984
High Heels
1991
The Skin I Live In
2011
Salomé
1978
Strange Way of Life
2023
The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009
Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!
2005
I'm So Excited!
2013
Julieta
2016
The Room Next Door
2024
Bitter Christmas
2026
Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tin!
1978
Pain and Glory
2019
Film político
1974
Blancor
1975
Homenaje
1975
El sueño, o la estrella
1975
La caída de Sódoma
1975
Muerte en la carretera
1976
Sea caritativo
1976
Las tres ventajas de Ponte
1977
Complementos
1977
The Human Voice
2020
Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a Wedding
1974
Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming
1977
Parallel Mothers
2021