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Pedro Almodóvar
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 Spa…
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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.
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2026
La bola negra
Movie Associate Producer
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2026
Short Cuts: Talons aiguilles de Pedro Almodovar
Movie Original Film Writer
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2026
Cara al Show con Marc Giró
TV show Self
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2026
Bitter Christmas
Movie Director
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2025
Pedro x Javis
TV show Self
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2025
Sirāt
Movie Producer
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2025
A Free Man
Movie Self
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2024
Alaska Revelada
TV show Self
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2024
Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado
Movie Self
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2024
The Room Next Door
Movie Director
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2024
La Revuelta
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Fleeting Lies
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Strange Way of Life
Movie Director
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2023
Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha
Movie Self
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2023
Icónica Chamorro
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2023
Beau geste
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2023
El viaje de Julieta
Movie Self
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2022
Making Parallel Mothers
Movie Self
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2021
We Are Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Parallel Mothers
Movie Screenplay
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2021
Directors on Directors
TV show Self
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2021
La Noche D
TV show Self - Guest
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2020
It Snows in Benidorm
Movie Producer
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2020
The Human Voice
Movie Director
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2020
Pongamos que hablo de
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2020
The Making of Pain and Glory
Movie Self
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2019
Todos los nombres de Sara
Movie Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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2019
Pain and Glory
Movie Director
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2019
The Silence of Others
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
¡Ay, Carmen!
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2018
El Angel
Movie Producer
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2017
Zama
Movie Co-Producer
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2017
Chavela
Movie Self
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2017
Coco Chanel & Arletty: An Auvergne Destiny
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Julieta
Movie Director
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2016
Late motiv
TV show Pedro Almodóvar
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2015
The Clan
Movie Producer
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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