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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