Pedro Almodovar
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PERSONAL DATA OF PEDRO ALMODOVAR
Age: 69 years old
Born in: CALZADA DE CALATRAVA (Toledo) SPAIN
Born on: 09/25/1951
BIOGRAPHY OF PEDRO ALMODOVAR
Director and screenwriter. He attended elementary and middle schools in Caceres, Mancha, in institutes run by the Salesians and Franciscans, beginning, at the same time, to frantically frequent cinemas. At the age of sixteen, in 1968, he moved to Madrid with the aim of studying cinema and making films. Absorbed the disappointment of the closure (by the Franco regime in the early seventies), the Schools of Cinematography maintains itself by selling used objects at the ‘Rastro’, the famous flea market in Madrid. Then he finds a job in the Spanish telephone company and with the first salaries he buys his first Super-8. In the telephone company he remained for twelve years as a front-office clerk: during the day he received customers, at night he wrote stories and collaborated with various underground newspapers. In between, he plays in an alternative rock group, ‘Almodovar & McNamara’, acts in avant-garde theater groups and shoots short films with the help of his friends. In a few years he became a star of the ‘Movida’, the pop-cultural movement that was born and developed in the second half of the seventies in the Spanish capital. He made his feature film directorial debut right at the dawn of democracy with “Pepi, Luci, Bom and the other girls of the bunch”, shot on 16mm, inflated to 35mm and hit theaters in 1980. In 1986 it was the turn of “Matador”. The following year, with his brother Augustin, he founded his own production company, ‘El Deseo’. In 1988 he signed his first real big success with the public, “Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown”, followed by among others “Légami” (’90), “Carne tremula” (’97), “Tutto su mia mother “(’99, winner in 2000 of the Oscar, the Golden Globe, the César, and the David di Donatello for best foreign film and seven Goya awards) and” Parla con lei “(2002, nominated for an Oscar for best film foreigner and winner of the César for best film of the European Union and of the Golden Globe for best foreign film) which earned him the 2003 Oscar for best original screenplay. The success with the public continues with “La Mala educación” in 2004 while in 2006 he won the prize for best screenplay with “Volver” in Cannes.
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THE MOST RECENT FILMS BY PEDRO ALMODOVAR
Madres paralelas (Madres Paraleles)
Role: Film director
Year: 2021
Dolor y Gloria (Dolor y Gloria)
Role: Film director
Year: 2019
Julieta
Role: Film director
Year: 2016
Passenger lovers (Los amantes pasajeros)
Role: Film director
Year: 2013 Go to the complete Filmography
THE MOST RECURRING GENRES OF PEDRO ALMODOVAR
Drama: 39% Comedy: 27% Thriller: 11% Musical: 8%
THE STATISTICS OF PEDRO ALMODOVAR ON COMINGSOON.IT
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AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR PEDRO ALMODOVAR
Oscar
Here are all the awards and nominations Oscar
- 2003 – Best Original Screenplay Award for Parla con lei
- 2003 – Nomination for Best Director for Talk to her
Venice Festival
Here are all the awards and nominations Venice Festival
- 2019 – Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1988 – Osella Award for the best screenplay for Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Cannes Film Festival
Here are all the awards and nominations Cannes Film Festival
- 2006 – Best screenwriter award for Volver – Tornare
- 1999 – Best Director Award for All About My Mother
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