Pedro Almodóvar

1949-

Biography: life and films

Pedro Almodóvar is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer whose birth name is Pedro Almodóvar Caballero. He was born in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain on 25th September 1949.

His best films as a screenwriter include Carne trémula (1997), La Mala educación (2004), Volver (2006) and The Skin I Live In (2011), and whose best work as a film director include Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988), Carne trémula (1997), Todo sobre mi madre (1999) and The Skin I Live In (2011).

Pedro Almodóvar has so far scripted 21 films, directed 21 films (including 1 short) and appeared in 7 films.

His most frequent genres include: drama (10 films), comedy-drama (8), Thriller (6), romance (4), comedy (4), crime-thriller (2) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Pedro Almodóvar over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste? (1978) [a]

Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! (1978) [d,w]

Arrebato (1980) [a]

Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) [a,d,w]

Laberinto de pasiones (1982) [d,w]

Entre tinieblas (1983) [a,d,w]

¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (1984) [a,d,w]

Matador (1986) [d,w]

La Ley del deseo (1987) [d,w]

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) [d,w]

Átame! (1990) [d,w]

Tacones lejanos (1991) [d,w]

Kika (1993) [d,w]

La Flor de mi secreto (1995) [d,w]

Carne trémula (1997) [d,w]

Todo sobre mi madre (1999) [d,w]

Hable con ella (2002) [d,w]

La Mala educación (2004) [a,d,w]

Volver (2006) [d,w]

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) [a]

Los Abrazos rotos (2009) [d,w]

The Skin I Live In (2011) [d,w]

Los amantes pasajeros (2013) [d,w]

Julieta (2016) [d,w]



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