Pedro Almodóvar
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Pedro Almodóvar is a Spanish director born in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, the most internationally celebrated filmmaker in the history of Spanish cinema. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown established his exuberant, melodrama-infused comic style in the years following Spain's transition to democracy, while All About My Mother and Talk to Her, both winning Academy Awards, deepened his recurring focus on motherhood, gender fluidity, and grief rendered through vivid color and heightened emotion. Volver and Pain and Glory, the latter a semi-autobiographical account of an aging filmmaker, showed his sustained ability to balance camp theatricality with genuine emotional depth across a career spanning five decades. The Skin I Live In pushed his melodramatic sensibility into disturbing psychological thriller territory. Almodóvar's saturated visual style and consistent centering of complex female characters have made him the defining international voice of contemporary Spanish cinema.
Pedro Almodóvar
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Pedro Almodóvar is a Spanish director born in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, the most internationally celebrated filmmaker in the history of Spanish cinema. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown established his exuberant, melodrama-infused comic style in the years following Spain's transition to democracy, while All About My Mother and Talk to Her, both winning Academy Awards, deepened his recurring focus on motherhood, gender fluidity, and grief rendered through vivid color and heightened emotion. Volver and Pain and Glory, the latter a semi-autobiographical account of an aging filmmaker, showed his sustained ability to balance camp theatricality with genuine emotional depth across a career spanning five decades. The Skin I Live In pushed his melodramatic sensibility into disturbing psychological thriller territory. Almodóvar's saturated visual style and consistent centering of complex female characters have made him the defining international voice of contemporary Spanish cinema.
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The Skin I Live In
2011
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Talk to Her
2002
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The Room Next Door
2024
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Pain and Glory
2019
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Bitter Christmas
2026
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Live Flesh
1997
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Parallel Mothers
2021
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All About My Mother
1999
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
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Volver
2006
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Bad Education
2004
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
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Broken Embraces
2009
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Law of Desire
1987
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High Heels
1991
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Kika
1993
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Julieta
2016
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I'm So Excited!
2013
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Strange Way of Life
2023
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The Human Voice
2020
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Matador
1986
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The Flower of My Secret
1995
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What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984
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Muerte en la carretera
1976
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Dark Habits
1983
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Labyrinth of Passion
1982
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Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980
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Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!
2005
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The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009
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Salomé
1978
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Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín!
1978
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Bitter Christmas
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2026
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The Room Next Door
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2024
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Fleeting Lies
Executive Producer · 8 episodes
2023–
TV
Strange Way of Life
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2023
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Parallel Mothers
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2021
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The Human Voice
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2020
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Pain and Glory
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2019
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Julieta
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2016
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I'm So Excited!
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2013
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Pedro Almodóvar and where are they from?
Pedro Almodóvar is 76 years old, born on September 25, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
What are the most famous roles of Pedro Almodóvar?
Pedro Almodóvar is best known for directing The Skin I Live In, All About My Mother, Volver.
How many movies has Pedro Almodóvar directed?
Over a 52-year career (since 1974), Pedro Almodóvar has directed or written 40 films and worked on 1 TV shows.
What was Pedro Almodóvar's first movie?
The career of Pedro Almodóvar began with A Manual for Cleaning Women ().
What is Pedro Almodóvar's most recent movie or series?
Pedro Almodóvar's most recent release is Bitter Christmas, which premiered on March 20, 2026.
What TV shows has Pedro Almodóvar created or directed?
On television, Pedro Almodóvar has appeared in Fleeting Lies.
Pedro Almodóvar
1949-09-25 · 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.