Pedro Almodóvar
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.
41 directing credits · 58 acting credits
Directing · 41
Bitter Christmas
2026
The Skin I Live In
2011
High Heels
1991
Volver
2006
The Room Next Door
2024
All About My Mother
1999
Bad Education
2004
Talk to Her
2002
Pain and Glory
2019
Parallel Mothers
2021
Broken Embraces
2009
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
Live Flesh
1997
Julieta
2016
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
Kika
1993
Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980
Strange Way of Life
2023
Matador
1986
I'm So Excited!
2013
Labyrinth of Passion
1982
The Flower of My Secret
1995
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984
Law of Desire
1987
Dark Habits
1983
The Human Voice
2020
Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín!
1978
Salomé
1978
The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009
Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!
2005
Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a Wedding
1974
Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming
1977
Film político
1974
Muerte en la carretera
1976
La caída de Sódoma
1975
Blancor
1975
El sueño, o la estrella
1975
Complementos
1977
Sea caritativo
1976
Homenaje
1975
Las tres ventajas de Ponte
1977
Acting · 58
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Oscars
1953
La Revuelta
2024
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Eurotrash
1993
Beau geste
2023
Directors on Directors
2021
Lo + plus
1995
La Noche D
2021
Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
We Are Cinema
2021
Late motiv
2016
Matador
1986
La mujer de tu vida
1990
Pedro x Javis
2025
Labyrinth of Passion
1982
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Alaska Revelada
2024
Law of Desire
1987
Pongamos que hablo de
2020
Dark Habits
1983
Chavela
2017
Pictures of Europe
1990
Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha
2023
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1978
El Calentito
2005
Brunes et Blondes
2010
Rapture
1980
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
2020
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
2004
Words in Progress
2004
A Man Called Autumn Flower
1978
The Making of The Skin I Live In
2012
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012
Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta
2010
50 años de... Canciones
2009
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
El viaje de Julieta
2023
Wandering Heart
2009
The Making of All About My Mother
2012
Tatuaje
1985
God Save the Queens
1995
Making Parallel Mothers
2022
A Free Man
2025
Life Remote Control
2011
Frenesí en la gran ciudad
2011
Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado
2024
Icónica Chamorro
2023
The Making of Volver
2007
Tiempos de constitución
1978
The Making of Pain and Glory
2020
Around Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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