Pedro Almodóvar
Born: 1949-09-25 in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- Bitter Christmas ... (Director)
- Short Cuts: Talons aiguilles de Pedro Almodovar ... (Original Film Writer)
2025
- Sirāt ... (Producer)
- Pedro x Javis as Self
- A Free Man as Self
2024
- La Revuelta as Self - Guest
- The Room Next Door ... (Director)
- Alaska Revelada as Self
- Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado as Self
2023
- Beau geste as Self
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Strange Way of Life ... (Director)
- Fleeting Lies ... (Executive Producer)
- Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha as Self
- El viaje de Julieta as Self
- Icónica Chamorro
2022
- Making Parallel Mothers as Self
2021
- Directors on Directors as Self
- Parallel Mothers ... (Screenplay)
- La Noche D as Self - Guest
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2020
- The Human Voice ... (Director)
- Pongamos que hablo de as Self
- It Snows in Benidorm ... (Producer)
- The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode as Self
- The Making of Pain and Glory as Self
2019
- Pain and Glory ... (Director)
- The Silence of Others ... (Executive Producer)
- Todos los nombres de Sara as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2018
- El Angel ... (Producer)
- ¡Ay, Carmen! as Self - Filmmaker
2016
- Julieta ... (Director)
- Late motiv as Pedro Almodóvar
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- The Clan ... (Producer)
2014
- Wild Tales ... (Producer)
- Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Self
2013
- I'm So Excited! ... (Director)
2012
- The Making of The Skin I Live In as Self
- Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother as Self
- The Making of All About My Mother as Self
2011
- The Skin I Live In ... (Director)
- Frenesí en la gran ciudad as Self (archive footage)
- Life Remote Control
2010
2009
- Broken Embraces ... (Director)
- The Last Summer in La Boyita ... (Executive Producer)
- The Cannibalistic Councillor ... (Writer)
- Wandering Heart as Self
- 50 años de... Canciones as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
- The Headless Woman ... (Producer)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Making of Volver as Self
2006
- Volver ... (Director)
2005
- The Secret Life of Words ... (Executive Producer)
- El Calentito as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones as Self
- Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido! ... (Director)
2004
- Bad Education ... (Screenplay)
- The Holy Girl ... (Executive Producer)
- Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education as Self
- Words in Progress
2003
- My Life Without Me ... (Executive Producer)
2002
- Talk to Her ... (Director)
1999
- All About My Mother ... (Director)
1997
- Live Flesh ... (Screenplay)
1996
- My Name Is Shadow ... (Associate Producer)
1995
- Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- The Flower of My Secret ... (Director)
- God Save the Queens
1993
- Kika ... (Director)
- Mutant Action ... (Producer)
1991
- High Heels ... (Screenplay)
- Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
1990
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! ... (Screenplay)
- La mujer de tu vida
- Pictures of Europe as Self
1988
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ... (Director)
1987
- Law of Desire as Dependiente ferretería (uncredited)
1986
- Matador as Francisco Montesinos (uncredited)
1985
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 as Master of Ceremony (uncredited)
- Rapture as Gloria's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1978
- A Man Called Autumn Flower as Lola Nicaragua, la Reina de la Banana
- Salomé ... (Director)
- What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
- Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín! ... (Director)
- Tiempos de constitución
1977
- Complementos ... (Director)
- Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming ... (Director)
- Las tres ventajas de Ponte ... (Writer)
1976
- Muerte en la carretera ... (Director)
- Sea caritativo ... (Director)
1975
- Homenaje ... (Screenplay)
- El sueño, o la estrella ... (Screenplay)
- Blancor ... (Director)
- La caída de Sódoma ... (Director)
1974
- Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a Wedding ... (Director)
- Film político ... (Director)
1953
- The Oscars as Self