Pedro Almodóvar's biography

Pedro Almodóvar is 73 years old film director born at Calzada de Calatrava. He was born on Sunday 25th of September 1949. According to year of birth 1949 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 25th of September means he is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.

He is citizen of Spain. He is an adherent of buddhism. His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as actor, film producer, screenwriter. He is recently known as singer.

Pedro Almodóvar's schools

Detailed informations about his schools

Attended a Catholic boarding school in the 1960s where some of his fellow students were abused by priests. He asserts that he himself wasn't abused.

Pedro Almodóvar's career

His main focus is to be film director. He is famous thanks to Talk to Her. He is also a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Is Pedro Almodóvar gay ?

He is known to be homosexuality.

Awards and competitions

Pedro Almodóvar's Awards

He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for work Talk to Her in 2002
He received award for Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for work Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 1988
He received award for Goya Award for Best Director for work Volver in 2006
He received award for Goya Award for Best Director for work All About My Mother in 1999
He received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work All About My Mother in 1999
He received award for Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival) for work Volver in 2006
He received award for Teddy Award for work Law of Desire in 1987
He received award for Young European Film of the Year for work Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 1988
He received award for European Film Award for Best Film for work All About My Mother in 1999
He received award for European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director for work All About My Mother in 1999
He received award for European Film Award for Best Film for work Talk to Her in 2002
He received award for European Film Award for Best Director for work Talk to Her in 2002
He received award for European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for work Talk to Her in 2002
He received award for European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director for work Talk to Her in 2002
He received award for European Film Award for Best Director for work Volver in 2006
He received award for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work Volver in 2006

Pedro Almodóvar's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director for work Talk to Her in 2002
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for work Talk to Her in 2002
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work Julieta in 2016
He was nominated for Young European Film of the Year for work Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 1988
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work Live Flesh in 1998
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work All About My Mother in 1999
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work Talk to Her in 2002
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Director for work Talk to Her in 2002
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for work Talk to Her in 2002
He was nominated for European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director for work Talk to Her in 2002
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work Bad Education in 2004
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Director for work Bad Education in 2004
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for work Bad Education in 2004
He was nominated for European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director for work Bad Education in 2004
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work Volver in 2006
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Director for work Volver in 2006
He was nominated for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work Volver in 2006
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for work Volver in 2006
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Director for work Broken Embraces in 2009
He was nominated for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work Broken Embraces in 2009
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Comedy for work I'm So Excited in 2013
He was nominated for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work I'm So Excited in 2013
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Director for work Julieta in 2016
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work Julieta in 2016
He was nominated for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work Julieta in 2016
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Director for work Pain and Glory in 2019
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Film for work Pain and Glory in 2019
He was nominated for European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for work Pain and Glory in 2019
He was nominated for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work Pain and Glory in 2019
He was nominated for Premio Feroz for Best Director for work Parallel Mothers in 2022
He was nominated for Q27517873 for work Parallel Mothers in 2021
He was nominated for Goya Award for Best Director for work Parallel Mothers in 2022

Pedro Almodóvar's quotes

Cinema has become my life. I don't mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that the daily reality is simply there to provide material for my next film.
[on his experience in the Catholic boarding school he lived in as a young man and on which Bad Education (2004) is based] The education we received was about guilt, sin, punishment.
[on why it took ten years to finish the script for Bad Education (2004)] [It] deals with my own biography . . . it took time to remove myself from it. Now it's not me. I changed the tone of the story, but the main situation is the same.
I do remember having extreme physical fear of the priests. One of the things we had to do was kiss the priest's hand, which I found revolting. The notorious abuser, who eventually had to leave, had this harem of about 20 boys.
I don't get involved with my actors. I don't get so involved with the films . . . If I lived like my characters, I would have been dead before I made 16 films.
Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.
The characters in my films are assassins, rapists and so on, but I don't treat them as criminals, I talk about their humanity.
In the last decade you can count the number of Hollywood dramas that have revolved around women. The studios have forgotten that women are fascinating.
[on Luis BuÃ±uel] We have the same roots, we belong to the same family and I really recognise myself in his films. For me, he is a real master.
Artists have inspired me and inspired my characters, it gives them something to live... art's function is to help you survive, help you live.
I like to think I'm original... [although] I have been compared to both good and bad directors.
[on El Sur (1983)] 96 minutes of emotions so intense that you're left breathless. I cry every time I watch it.
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