Pedro Almodóvar

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author film director film producer human screenwriter

Pedro Almodóvar is an acclaimed Spanish filmmaker known for his vibrant, emotionally complex films that explore desire, identity, and family, making him one of contemporary cinema’s most influential auteurs.

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Almodóvar 2
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero 1

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instanceOf author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language ⓘ
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) ⓘ
surface form: Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award

César Award for Best Foreign Film ⓘ
European Film Award for Best Director ⓘ
European Film Award for Best Film ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ
birthName Pedro Almodóvar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pedro Almodóvar Caballero
citizenship Spain ⓘ
countryOfBirth Spain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949-09-25 ⓘ
employer El Deseo ⓘ
familyName Pedro Almodóvar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Almodóvar
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
founded El Deseo ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
givenName Pedro ⓘ
hasInfluenced contemporary Spanish cinema ⓘ
influencedBy Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Luis Buñuel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
movement Movida Madrileña ⓘ
name Pedro Almodóvar self-link ⓘ
nationality Spanish ⓘ
notableFor exploring themes of desire, identity, and family ⓘ
notableWork All About My Mother ⓘ
Bad Education ⓘ
Broken Embraces ⓘ
High Heels ⓘ
Julieta ⓘ
Law of Desire ⓘ
Live Flesh ⓘ
Pain and Glory ⓘ
Parallel Mothers ⓘ
Talk to Her ⓘ
The Skin I Live In ⓘ
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! ⓘ
Volver ⓘ
What Have I Done to Deserve This? ⓘ
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Calzada de Calatrava ⓘ
residence Madrid ⓘ
sibling Agustín Almodóvar ⓘ

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Pedro Almodóvar → birthName → Pedro Almodóvar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pedro Almodóvar Caballero
Penélope Cruz → collaboratedWith → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Agustín Almodóvar → collaboratesWith → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Agustín Almodóvar → familyName → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar → familyName → Pedro Almodóvar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Almodóvar
El Deseo → founder → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Goya Award for Best Director → hasAwarded → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Dianne Wiest → hasWorkedWith → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Luis Buñuel → influenced → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Pedro Almodóvar → name → Pedro Almodóvar self-link ⓘ
El Deseo → notablePerson → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Special Medallion → notableRecipient → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
The Devil’s Backbone → producer → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Agustín Almodóvar → sibling → Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ