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Within only a small number of releases, David Cooper’s Manchester-based Melodic imprint found favor with those searching for something a lot more than breaks and bleeps from their electronica music. Leading the charge in the label was Wayne Rutledge, who, as Pedro, released the label using the six-track Put together by 33 EP of off-kilter oddities. The EP received substantial press support and compliment from famous brands Andrew Weatherall, Four Tet, and Mercury Honor nominee Kathryn Williams, who continued to record two songs with Rutledge and Terribly Drawn Boy’s maker Joe Robinson. Furthermore to his single material, Rutledge, as well as Jimmy Wright and Dave Tyack, constitute D.O.T.. Tragically, in the summertime of 2002, Tyack proceeded to go missing while travelling in Corsica, his body and then be found 2 yrs later. The incident experienced a profound influence on Rutledge, who experienced known Tyack given that they had been children, and he required a rest from producing music, though Melodic do launch Pedro in 2003 and Early Pedro in 2005. Around that same period, Rutledge began composing the music for what would become You, Me & Everyone, getting a home for this on U.S. label Mush, who also decided to reissue his previous catalog. Numerous delays held the record from developing immediately, and for the time being Rutledge worked in a variety of side projects so when an in-demand remixer. You, Me & Individuals were finally released in 2007.
Quick Facts
Full Name Pedro
Died November 11, 1994, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, United States
Height 1.69 m
Profession Actor, Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Singer-songwriter, Filmmaker
Nationality Spanish
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/_pedro17_
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/_pedro17_
Awards Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Goya Award for Best Director, Cannes Best Director Award, Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Award for Best Director, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, Honorary César, European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award, People's Choice Award for Best European Film, European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Polish Academy Award for Best European Film, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director, César Award for Best Film from the European Union, Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Screenplay Award, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film, Writers Guild of America The Jean Renoir Award, Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film, Teddy Award for Best Feature Film, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Nastro d'Argento for the Director of the Best Film, National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Director, Gopo for Best European Film, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Robert Award for Best Non-American Film, Sur Award for Best Fictional Film, Ondas Award for Cinema: Best Spanish Film, British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language, National Society of Film Critics Special Awards, Ondas Award for National Television: Cinemania Award, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Platino Award for Best Director, German Film Award for Best Foreign Film
Albums De Corpo Alma e Coração, Bay Bay, Uma Canção, uma Saudade, Upa Dance, Early Pedro, Si c'était à refaire, You, Me & Everyone, Pedro [2006 Edition], Pedro, One Kind of Love, Ifs, buts and maybes, PEDRO Forever In My Heart, No Comprende EP, Hommage à Atahualpa Yupanqui (Mono Version), Controller, Eden, La Avenida
Nominations Palme d'Or, Academy Award for Best Director, Goya Award for Best Film, Cannes Jury Prize, Cannes Grand Prix, Golden Lion, Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Grand Jury Prize, Satellite Award for Best Director, European Film Award for Best European Comedy, David di Donatello for Best European Film, Ariel Award for Best Ibero-American Film, Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film, British Independent Film Award for Best International Independent Film, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Screenplay, Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Foreign Language Film, Czech Lion Award for Best Foreign Film, Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury, Fotogramas de Plata Audience Award for Best Spanish Film, Silver Lion, Silver Condor Award for Best Ibero-American Film
Movies Julieta, All About My Mother, Volver, Talk to Her, The Skin I Live In, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Bad Education, Broken Embraces, Live Flesh, I'm So Excited, Law of Desire, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Kika, The Flower of My Secret, High Heels, What Have I Done To Deserve This?, Dark Habits, Labyrinth of Passion, Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom, Matador, Wild Tales, The Clan, The Cannibalistic Councillor, The Headless Woman, Shampoo Horns, Mutant Action, Folle... folle... fólleme Tim!, False Eyelash, Salomé, Film político, Times of the Constitution
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| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His favourite Spanish films are: Main Street (1956), It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958), El verdugo (1963), La tía Tula (1964), El extraño viaje (1964), Peppermint Frappé (1967), Furtivos (1975), Arrebato (1979), El Sur (1983), Jamón, Jamón (1992), Thesis (1996), Snow White (2012) and Magical Girl (2014). |
| 2 | Has expressed his desire to work with Marion Cotillard and Catherine Deneuve. |
| 3 | Was approached to direct at some point both Brokeback Mountain (2005) and The Paperboy (2012). |
| 4 | Even though he doesn't watch TV, a lot of the main cast of 7 vidas (1999) have appeared on his movies: Blanca Portillo, Carmen Machi, Javier Cámara, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo, Leandro Rivera and Yolanda Ramos. Toni Cantó and Anabel Alonso have also worked with him, but before the show started. |
| 5 | Often films rehearsals of his movies and includes them on the movie if he likes the scenes better that the one shot during proper production. Specially in comedies, when the actors would improvised things of something would happen unexpectedly and they would incorporated it into the scene. |
| 6 | Le Doulos (1963) and Le Cercle Rouge (1970) are two of his favorite movies directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. |
| 7 | By his own admission, he usually starts writing his movies with a really important scene that ends up placed in the middle of the movie. |
| 8 | New York, NY: Interviewed by journalist Lorne Manly as part of TimesTalks series at the New York TimesCenter building. [June 2013] |
| 9 | Has directed one Oscar nominated performance: Penélope Cruz in Volver (2006). |
| 10 | Turned down an offer to direct Sister Act (1992). |
| 11 | Favorite American actress is Meryl Streep. |
| 12 | The Lady from Shanghai (1947) is one of his favourite films. |
| 13 | Celebrity chef Rachael Ray is a big fan of his and named a chicken dish after him. |
| 14 | 1992: Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival. |
| 15 | He spent 10 years writing the script for Bad Education (2004) (a.k.a. "Bad Education"), during which time he made such acclaimed films such as All About My Mother (1999) (a.k.a. "All About my Mother") and Talk to Her (2002) (a.k.a. "Talk to Her"). The script is based upon a short story he wrote as an adolescent, which was based upon his experience at a Catholic boarding school. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | Lead singer of the infamous music duo "Almodóvar & McNamara", a legendary bizarre project that personified the image of "la movida madrileña" during the early 1980s in Madrid. He appears in that role in his own film Labyrinth of Passion (1982) (a.k.a. "Labyrinth of Passion") wearing women's clothes and lots of black makeup. |
| 18 | Mother Francisca Caballero and brother Agustín Almodóvar often appear in cameo roles in his movies. |
Writer
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julieta | 2016 | ||
| I'm So Excited! | 2013 | ||
| La piel que habito | 2011 | ||
| Broken Embraces | 2009 | ||
| La concejala antropófaga | 2009 | Short as Harry 'Huracán' Caine | |
| Volver | 2006/I | screenplay | |
| Bad Education | 2004 | ||
| Talk to Her | 2002 | written by | |
| All About My Mother | 1999 | ||
| Live Flesh | 1997 | screenplay | |
| The Flower of My Secret | 1995 | ||
| Kika | 1993 | screenplay / story | |
| High Heels | 1991 | screenplay / story | |
| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | 1989 | screenplay / story | |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | 1988 | screenplay / story - uncredited | |
| La ley del deseo | 1987 | screenplay / story | |
| Matador | 1986 | screenplay / story | |
| Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido | 1985 | TV Short | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? | 1984 | as Pedro Almodovar | |
| Dark Habits | 1983 | as Pedro Almodovar | |
| Labyrinth of Passion | 1982 | screenplay / story | |
| Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón | 1980 | screenplay / story | |
| Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! | 1978 | ||
| Salomé | 1978 | Short | |
| Sexo va, sexo viene | 1977 | Short | |
| Muerte en la carretera | 1976 | Short | |
| Sea caritativo | 1976 | Short | |
| Tráiler de 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' | 1976 | Short | |
| Blancor | 1975 | Short | |
| El sueño, o la estrella | 1975 | Short | |
| Homenaje | 1975 | Short | |
| La caída de Sódoma | 1975 | Short | |
| Dos putas, o historia de amor que termina en boda | 1974 | Short | |
| Film político | 1974 | Short |
Director
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julieta | 2016 | ||
| I'm So Excited! | 2013 | ||
| La piel que habito | 2011 | ||
| Broken Embraces | 2009 | ||
| La concejala antropófaga | 2009 | Short as Mateo Blanco | |
| Volver | 2006/I | ||
| Bad Education | 2004 | ||
| Talk to Her | 2002 | ||
| All About My Mother | 1999 | ||
| Live Flesh | 1997 | as Pedro Almodovar | |
| The Flower of My Secret | 1995 | ||
| Kika | 1993 | ||
| High Heels | 1991 | ||
| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | 1989 | ||
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | 1988 | ||
| La ley del deseo | 1987 | as Pedro Almodovar | |
| Matador | 1986 | ||
| Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido | 1985 | TV Short | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? | 1984 | as Pedro Almodovar | |
| Dark Habits | 1983 | as Pedro Almodovar | |
| Labyrinth of Passion | 1982 | ||
| Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón | 1980 | ||
| Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! | 1978 | ||
| Salomé | 1978 | Short | |
| Sexo va, sexo viene | 1977 | Short | |
| Muerte en la carretera | 1976 | Short | |
| Sea caritativo | 1976 | Short | |
| Tráiler de 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' | 1976 | Short | |
| Blancor | 1975 | Short | |
| El sueño, o la estrella | 1975 | Short | |
| Homenaje | 1975 | Short | |
| La caída de Sódoma | 1975 | Short | |
| Dos putas, o historia de amor que termina en boda | 1974 | Short | |
| Film político | 1974 | Short |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochéntame... otra vez | TV Series documentary performer - 3 episodes, 2014 writer - 3 episodes, 2014 | ||
| Cuéntame | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2013 writer - 1 episode, 2013 | ||
| XVI Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué | 2011 | TV Special lyrics: "Un año de amor" | |
| 50 años de | TV Series performer - 3 episodes, 2009 - 2010 writer - 3 episodes, 2009 - 2010 | ||
| La tele de tu vida | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2007 writer - 1 episode, 2007 | ||
| El Calentito | 2005 | performer: "Suck It to Me" / writer: "Suck It to Me" | |
| Bad Education | 2004 | "Torna a Surriento" | |
| The L Word | 2004 | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode | |
| Operación triunfo | 2002 | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode | |
| High Heels | 1991 | lyrics: "Un año de amor" Un anno d'amore, "C'est irreparable" | |
| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | 1989 | performer: "Satanasa" / writer: "Satanasa" | |
| La ley del deseo | 1987 | performer: "Voy a ser mamá", "Susan Get Down", "Satanasa" / writer: "Voy a ser mamá", "Susan Get Down", "Satanasa" | |
| Dark Habits | 1983 | performer: "Suck It to Me" / writer: "Suck It to Me" - as P. Almodovar | |
| Labyrinth of Passion | 1982 | performer: "Suck It to Me", "Gran ganga" / writer: "Suck It to Me", "Gran ganga" |
Producer
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled Asghar Farhadi Project | 2018 | producer pre-production | |
| Zama | 2017 | co-producer completed | |
| El Clan | 2015 | producer | |
| Relatos salvajes | 2014 | producer | |
| El último verano de la Boyita | 2009 | executive producer | |
| La mujer sin cabeza | 2008 | producer | |
| The Secret Life of Words | 2005 | executive producer | |
| The Holy Girl | 2004 | executive producer | |
| Bad Education | 2004 | producer | |
| My Life Without Me | 2003 | executive producer | |
| The Devil's Backbone | 2001 | executive producer | |
| Shampoo Horns | 1998 | producer | |
| Mi nombre es sombra | 1996 | associate producer | |
| Acción mutante | 1993 | producer | |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | 1988 | producer | |
| Pestañas postizas | 1982 | producer | |
| Labyrinth of Passion | 1982 | producer |
Actor
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Education | 2004 | Pool cleaner (uncredited) | |
| Delirios de amor | 1989 | TV Series | |
| La ley del deseo | 1987 | Dependiente ferretería (uncredited) | |
| Matador | 1986 | Francisco Montesinos (uncredited) | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? | 1984 | Play-Back 'La bien pagá' (as Almodovar-McNamara) | |
| Dark Habits | 1983 | Bus Passenger (uncredited) | |
| Labyrinth of Passion | 1982 | Cantante y director de la fotonovela (uncredited) | |
| Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón | 1980 | Maestro de ceremonias (uncredited) | |
| ¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste? | 1979 | Espectador (uncredited) | |
| Arrebato | 1979 | Gloria (voice, uncredited) | |
| Tiempos de constitución | 1979 | ||
| A Man Called Autumn Flower | 1978 | Lola Nicaragua, la Reina de la Banana |
Production Designer
Production Designer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labyrinth of Passion | 1982 |
Thanks
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| El amor me queda grande | 2014 | Short thanks | |
| Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk | 2014 | special thanks | |
| Hijos de las nubes, la última colonia | 2012 | Documentary very special thanks | |
| Barcelona era una fiesta (Underground 1970-1983) | 2010 | Documentary thanks | |
| Pankh | 2010 | special thanks | |
| The Limits of Control | 2009 | personal thanks | |
| Women in Trouble | 2009 | special thanks | |
| Broadway Bound | 2008 | Short special thanks | |
| ¡¡¡Todas!!! | 2007 | Short thanks - as Pedro | |
| Sandra o Luis | 2005 | Documentary special thanks | |
| El Calentito | 2005 | thanks | |
| Don't Tempt Me | 2001 | thanks - as Pedro Almodovar |
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonia de apertura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| B 360º | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Corazón, corazón | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| El Almodóvar que nadie conoce | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| El Magacine | 1999-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones | 2005 | Himself | |
| Dos rombos | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards | 2005 | Video | Himself - Nominee 'La Mala Educacion - Bad Education' |
| Estravagario | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| La nit al dia | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 2004 European Film Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
| Ceremonia de apertura del festival de cine de San Sebastián | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter |
| Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Lo + plus | 1995-2004 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Claude Berri, le dernier nabab | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay & Nominee: Best Director |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film |
| La noche con Fuentes y Cía | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| El informal | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| XVI premios Goya | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Director |
| All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 2001 | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Ahora | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tirititrán | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| El rayo | 2000 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Oscar 2000 | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film |
| Días de tele | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| La gran ilusión | 2000 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| XIV premios Goya | 2000 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Film & Best Director |
| The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film |
| The 1999 European Film Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
| 46º edición de los premios Ondas | 1999 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Mundo VIP | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comme au cinéma | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Avisa'ns quan arribi el 2000 | 1999 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Crónicas marcianas | 1999 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| XIII premios Goya | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Lead Actress |
| ¡Qué grande es el cine! | 1998 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Memoria de 'Carne trémula' | 1997 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Nulle part ailleurs | 1995-1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sense títol amb Andreu Buenafuente | 1995 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| De akí a Ketama | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| Dolor y vida: Un acercamiento a 'La flor de mi secreto' | 1995 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Homenaje a Lola Flores | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1994 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Fotogramas de Plata 93 | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Movie Actress |
| Camp Christmas | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
| ¡Hola Raffaella! | 1993 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant |
| Gente de primera | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| Eurotrash | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Fanático | 1993 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| De tú a tú | 1991-1993 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Como se hizo: Acción mutante | 1993 | Documentary | Himself (as Pedro Almodovar) |
| Queremos saber | 1992 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Punto y aparte | 1992 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Bouillon de culture | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| El programa de Hermida | 1991 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Estress | 1991 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Madonna: Truth or Dare | 1991 | Documentary | Himself (as Pedro Almodovar) |
| V premios Goya | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Original Screenplay |
| Picture of Europe | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Com a casa | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| IV premios Goya | 1990 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Director |
| Polvo de estrellas | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| La mujer de tu vida | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Viva el espectáculo | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| La parada | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Media Show | 1988-1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| La tarde | 1989 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 1988 European Film Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
| La biennale di Venezia: 45ª Mostra internazionale del cinema | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Juego de niños | 1988 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant |
| Mag magazine | 1988 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Viaje con nosotros | 1988 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Fin de siglo | 1986-1987 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Ahí te quiero ver | 1984-1987 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| De jueves a jueves | 1986 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Enric, parada i fonda | 1986 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Roba neta, roba bruta | 1986 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| De película | 1986 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Tatuaje | 1985 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| La edad de oro | 1983-1985 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Y, sin embargo, ¡te quiero! | 1985 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Autorretrato | 1985 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| La bola de cristal | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Fila 7 | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Caja de ritmos | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Alcores | 1982 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| De Pedro a Almodóvar | Documentary post-production | Himself | |
| Festival international de Cannes | 1999-2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Días de cine | 1991-2017 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| La nuit des Césars | 1993-2017 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - César du meilleur film étranger / Himself - César d'honneur / ... |
| Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Chavela | 2017 | Documentary | Himself |
| Premios Goya 31 edición | 2017 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Lead Actress & Nominee: Best Director / Best Adapted Screenplay |
| The 2016 European Film Awards | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself - Nomiated: Best European Director |
| Almodóvar: Tout sur ses femmes | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Director |
| Cinema 3 | 1984-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee / Himself - Guest |
| C à vous | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Motiv de Andreu Buenafuente | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Imprescindibles | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Versión española | 1999-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Los Goya 29 edición | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award |
| VII Premis Gaudí de l'Acadèmia del Cinema Català | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself (video) |
| Premios Feroz | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Teaser |
| XIX Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award |
| The 2013 European Film Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Winner European Achievement in World Cinema |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Le grand journal de Canal+ | 2006-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Premios Fotogramas de Plata 2012 | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award |
| Todo sobre 'Los amantes pasajeros' | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Il était une fois... | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Los Goya 26 edición | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Informe semanal | 2002-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee |
| Life Remote Control | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Pedro Almodóvar: Under His Skin | 2011 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Miradas 2 | 2009-2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Iñaki | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Rencontres de cinéma | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Alaska y Mario | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Arrebatados. Recordando a Iván Zulueta | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| 25 fotogramas | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| La noche de los Oscar | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film |
| XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Film |
| 30 minuts | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Director (segment "Penelope Cruz") |
| At the Movies | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2006-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Che tempo che fa | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Culture Show | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| L'hebdo cinéma | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Buenafuente | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Continuarà... | 2002-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Ànima | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hora Q | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Buscando a Penélope | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Almodóvar en corto | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Resumen - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas | 2008 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Caiga quien caiga | 2001-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| La 2 noticias | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Coração Vagabundo | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Channel nº 4 | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Newsnight | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Madrid: la sombra de un sueño | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Noche Hache | 2006-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| La noche de los Oscar | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself (voice) |
| Penélope, camino a los Oscar | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 2006 European Film Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself - Winner European Director & People's Choice Award |
| Cannes, la alfombra roja | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Pedro entrevista a las actrices | 2006 | Video short | Himself |
| Su nombre es Chavela | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochéntame... otra vez | 2014-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Cuéntame | 2011-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Planeta Globalizado | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Frenesí en la Gran Ciudad | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Imprescindibles | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Director (segment "Penelope Cruz") |
| A polos 25 | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| 50 años de | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Spanish Hollywood | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Memòries de la tele | 2007-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Por la gracia de Luis | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Los mejores momentos de 'Sé lo que hicisteis' | 2009 | Video | Himself |
| 53 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia | 2009 | TV Special | Himself |
| Plácido y la copla | 2008 | TV Movie | |
| Catalunya.cat | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| A la diestra del cielo: Silvio, un cantaor rockero | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Bienvenue à Cannes | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Maquillando entre monstruos | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia | 2007 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Hormigas blancas | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Casting: El camino del éxito | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| La tele de tu vida | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Carmen Maura, por sí misma | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Vinte na Galega | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| El disco del año 06 | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself (as Almodóvar & McNamara) |
| Las 50 imágenes de nuestra vida | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| El camino de Antonio Banderas | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| La imagen de tu vida | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Las cinco caras de David LaChapelle | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Cannes 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| XX premios Goya | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| 50 y más | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| El cine en las venas | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| El Magacine | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| 80s | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| Cinema mil | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| La tierra de las 1000 músicas | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| El Calentito | 2005 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Silenci? | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Épreuves d'artistes | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Los abajo firmantes | 2003 | Himself | |
| The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | 2002 | Documentary | Himself |
| Zapping | 1999 | Himself | |
| X premios Goya | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Director |
| Media naranja | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
Won awards
Won awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ICS Cannes Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Director | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2016 | Festival Award | San Diego Film Festival | Best International Film | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2014 | Feroz Award | Feroz Awards, ES | Best Trailer | Los amantes pasajeros (2013) | |
| 2014 | Yoga Award | Yoga Awards | Worst Spanish Film | Los amantes pasajeros (2013) | |
| 2013 | Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema | European Film Awards | |||
| 2012 | Audience Award | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Film (Mejor Película Española) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film Not in the English Language | La piel que habito (2011) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2011 | Award of the Youth | Cannes Film Festival | La piel que habito (2011) | ||
| 2009 | Audience Award | São Paulo International Film Festival | Best Foreign Feature Film | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | |
| 2007 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Screenplay, Original (Mejor Guión Original) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Fotogramas de Plata | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film (Mejor Película Española) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Critics Award | French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | Best Foreign Film | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Golden Eagle | Golden Eagle Awards, Russia | Best Foreign Film | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Gopos Award | Gopo Awards, Romania | Best European Film | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Guild Film Award - Gold | Guild of German Art House Cinemas | Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Eagle | Polish Film Awards | Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Premio ACE | Premios ACE | Cinema - Best Director | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Best Screenplay | Cannes Film Festival | Volver (2006) | ||
| 2006 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Director | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Best European Film | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Audience Award | FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Jury Award | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Best Film | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, Italy | Best European Film (Miglior Film Europeo) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Hollywood World Award | Hollywood Film Awards | Volver (2006) | ||
| 2006 | Prince of Asturias Award | Prince of Asturias Awards | Arts | ||
| 2006 | FIPRESCI Film of the Year | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Volver (2006) | ||
| 2006 | Audience Award | Valdivia International Film Festival | Volver (2006) | ||
| 2006 | Special Jury Award | Valdivia International Film Festival | Volver (2006) | ||
| 2005 | "La Navaja de Buñuel" Award | Iberoamerican Short Film Competition | La mala educación (2004) | ||
| 2005 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2003 | Czech Lion | Czech Lions | Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | César | César Awards, France | Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Critics Award | French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | Best Foreign Film | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Premio ACE | Premios ACE | Cinema - Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Audience Award | Sofia International Film Festival | Best Film | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Screenplay - Original | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | Hable con ella (2002) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2003 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Golden Kinnaree Award | Bangkok International Film Festival | Best Film | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Golden Kinnaree Award | Bangkok International Film Festival | Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Screenwriter | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Best European Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | European Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Hable con ella (2002) | ||
| 2002 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | Audience Award | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Hable con ella (2002) | ||
| 2002 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2001 | Chloe Award | Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| 2000 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Best Foreign Film | German Film Awards | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 2000 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | "La Navaja de Buñuel" Award | Iberoamerican Short Film Competition | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 2000 | Lumiere Award | Lumiere Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Career Achievement Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival | |||
| 2000 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Career Award | Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| 2000 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | David Lean Award for Direction | BAFTA Awards | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 2000 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2000 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 1999 | Best Director | Cannes Film Festival | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 1999 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Cannes Film Festival | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 1999 | Honorary César | César Awards, France | |||
| 1999 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Best European Director | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 1999 | People's Choice Award | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 1999 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 1999 | FIPRESCI Film of the Year | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 1999 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Carne trémula (1997) | |
| 1999 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | Carne trémula (1997) | |
| 1999 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro) | Carne trémula (1997) | |
| 1999 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 1998 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) | Carne trémula (1997) | |
| 1998 | Audience Award | Popcorn Film Festival | Carne trémula (1997) | ||
| 1997 | Cinemania Award | Ondas Awards | |||
| 1994 | Audience Award | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Film (Mejor Película Española) | Kika (1993) | |
| 1993 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Tacones lejanos (1991) | |
| 1992 | Golden India Catalina | Cartagena Film Festival | Best Film (Mejor Película) | Tacones lejanos (1991) | |
| 1992 | Golden Kikito | Gramado Film Festival | Best Director (Melhor Direção) | Tacones lejanos (1991) | |
| 1991 | Fotogramas de Plata | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film (Mejor Película Española) | Átame! (1989) | |
| 1991 | Audience Award | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Spanish Film (Mejor Película Española) | Átame! (1989) | |
| 1989 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero) | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1989 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original) | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1989 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1989 | Special Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | ||
| 1989 | Audience Award | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Film (Mejor Película Española) | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1988 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | Best Young Film | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1988 | Fotogramas de Plata | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film (Mejor Película Española) | La ley del deseo (1987) | |
| 1988 | Audience Award | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Spanish Film (Mejor Película Española) | La ley del deseo (1987) | |
| 1988 | Silver Medallion Award | Telluride Film Festival, US | |||
| 1988 | People's Choice Award | Toronto International Film Festival | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | ||
| 1988 | Golden Osella | Venice Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1988 | Golden Precolumbian Circle | Bogota Film Festival | Best Director | La ley del deseo (1987) | |
| 1988 | Golden Precolumbian Circle | Bogota Film Festival | Best Screenplay | La ley del deseo (1987) | |
| 1987 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Director | Matador (1986) | |
| 1987 | New Generation Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | La ley del deseo (1987) | ||
| 1987 | Audience Award | San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival | Best Feature | La ley del deseo (1987) | |
| 1987 | Teddy | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Feature Film | La ley del deseo (1987) | |
| 1986 | International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award | Fantasporto | Matador (1986) | ||
| 1985 | Sant Jordi | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Film (Mejor Película Española) | ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984) | |
| 1984 | Silver Palm | Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema | ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984) | ||
| 1984 | FIPRESCI Prize | Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema | ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984) |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Film (Mejor Película) | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión Adaptado) | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | Feroz Award | Feroz Awards, ES | Best Film: Drama | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | Feroz Award | Feroz Awards, ES | Best Director | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | Feroz Award | Feroz Awards, ES | Best Sceenplay | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | Globe de Cristal | Globes de Cristal Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión Adaptado) | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | José María Forqué Award | José María Forqué Awards | Best Picture | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | Movies for Grownups Award | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Screenwriter | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2017 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Non-English Language Film | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2016 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Julieta (2016) | ||
| 2016 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Julieta (2016) | ||
| 2016 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Director | Julieta (2016) | |
| 2016 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Film | Julieta (2016) | · Agustín Almodóvar · Esther García |
| 2015 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Film (Mejor Película) | Relatos salvajes (2014) | · Hugo Sigman · Agustín Almodóvar · Esther García |
| 2013 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Los amantes pasajeros (2013) | ||
| 2013 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Comedy | Los amantes pasajeros (2013) | · Agustín Almodóvar · Esther García |
| 2012 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Screenplay, Adapted (Mejor Guión Adaptado) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | Chainsaw Award | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Screenplay | La piel que habito (2011) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2012 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Foreign Language Film | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | Gopos Award | Gopo Awards, Romania | Best European Film | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Screenplay - Adapted (Mejor Guión Adaptado) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Non-English Language Film | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2012 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana) | La piel que habito (2011) | |
| 2011 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | La piel que habito (2011) | ||
| 2011 | Queer Palm | Cannes Film Festival | La piel que habito (2011) | ||
| 2010 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Screenplay, Original (Mejor Guión Original) | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | |
| 2010 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Screenplay - Original (Mejor Guión Original) | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | |
| 2010 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film Not in the English Language | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2010 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana) | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | |
| 2009 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | ||
| 2009 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Director | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | |
| 2009 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | ||
| 2009 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Non-English Language Film | Los abrazos rotos (2009) | |
| 2008 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Director | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Original Screenplay | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Guldbagge | Guldbagge Awards | Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Director of the Year | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2007 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | Volver (2006) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2007 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film) | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Volver (2006) | ||
| 2006 | DFCC | Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Screenwriter | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Director | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | Award of the Argentinean Academy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina | Best Foreign Film | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Picture | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Drama by or About Women | Volver (2006) | |
| 2005 | César | César Awards, France | Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne) | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | DGGB Award | Directors Guild of Great Britain | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Foreign Film | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | Eagle | Polish Film Awards | Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski) | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | Premio ACE | Premios ACE | Cinema - Best Director | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | La mala educación (2004) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2005 | Movies for Grownups Award | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Screenwriter | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2005 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera en Habla Hispana) | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2004 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Director | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2004 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Screenwriter | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2004 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Best European Director | La mala educación (2004) | |
| 2004 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Film | La mala educación (2004) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2003 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Original Screenplay | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Screenplay - Original (Mejor Guión Original) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Director of the Year | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2003 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, Italy | Best European Film (Miglior Film Europeo) | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2001 | Czech Lion | Czech Lions | Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Foreign Film | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Screenplay - Original | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 2000 | Silver Ariel | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Best Latin-American Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana) | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | |
| 1999 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) | ||
| 1999 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | Carne trémula (1997) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 1998 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language | Carne trémula (1997) | |
| 1996 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | La flor de mi secreto (1995) | |
| 1996 | European Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | La flor de mi secreto (1995) | ||
| 1996 | Crystal Globe | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | La flor de mi secreto (1995) | ||
| 1992 | Golden Kikito | Gramado Film Festival | Best Ibero-American Film (Melhor Filme) | Tacones lejanos (1991) | |
| 1991 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Átame! (1989) | |
| 1991 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Átame! (1989) | |
| 1991 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original) | Átame! (1989) | |
| 1990 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1990 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Átame! (1989) | ||
| 1989 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1989 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best Director (Mejor Director) | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | |
| 1988 | Golden Precolumbian Circle | Bogota Film Festival | Best Film | La ley del deseo (1987) | |
| 1988 | Golden Precolumbian Circle | Bogota Film Festival | Best Film | Matador (1986) | |
| 1988 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) | ||
| 1987 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Film | Matador (1986) |
2nd place awards
2nd place awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | La piel que habito (2011) | · Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2007 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Volver (2006) | |
| 2006 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film | Volver (2006) | |
| 2003 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 2002 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Hable con ella (2002) | |
| 1998 | Audience Award | São Paulo International Film Festival | Best Feature | Carne trémula (1997) |
3rd place awards
3rd place awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Creative Person of the Decade |
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| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on El Sur (1983)] 96 minutes of emotions so intense that you're left breathless. I cry every time I watch it. |
| 2 | [2016 interview] Reality always filters through into my films, even when I try to reject it. It finds a crack to seep in through. The climate of the last four years in Spain has been of enormous unhappiness and even though I haven't personally suffered from the harshness of the economic situation, I'm surrounded by people who have. I don't think Julieta (2016) is a metaphor for Spain today but it's no accident that my 80s films were much happier. |
| 3 | [2016 interview] In the Eighties, we were celebrating a new sense of freedom and absolute possibilities. But when my films from the Eighties are screened on television, friends tell me I'd have far more problems making them today than I had back then. I don't like nostalgia as a feeling but it's true that tolerance, beauty, freedom are what defined the Eighties and it's not what defines this decade in Spain. The films I made at that time, I had no trouble making, nobody got offended, yet they're quite provocative. I don't think Dark Habits (1983) could be made today - it would have had a very radical and violent response from the religious establishment. |
| 4 | [on Julieta (2016)] I was looking for pure drama, not melodrama. I wanted more restraint. Nobody sings, no one talks about cinema and there's no humour. I had to force myself there; sometimes during rehearsals the odd comic line would come up, which was a relief for the actors. But after the rehearsals, I decided, no humour. I thought it was the best way to tell such a painful story. |
| 5 | I like to think I'm original... [although] I have been compared to both good and bad directors. |
| 6 | My school and the cinema were only a few buildings apart on the same street. The bad education I received at school was rectified when I went to the cinema. My religion became the cinema. Of course one could create one's own belief system, and anything that helps or supports you in life can be seen as covering the function of religion. In that sense you could consider cinema my religion, because it is one of my major stimuli that I have for living. Cinema has that aspect of devotion to saints and idolatry as well. In that sense it is entirely religious. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | [on being asked if La piel que habito (2011) is a horror movie] I myself am reluctant to label it that way. You have to be careful because to hardcore horror fans this will seem like a very strange movie, and I don't want to disappoint people. But in essence, yes, it is a horror film. There is a twenty minute sequence in the middle of the movie that definitely belongs to that genre - the revenge of a mad doctor that is so terrible that even though the film later segues into a melodrama and a thriller, that sequence remains in your mind and colors the rest of the film. |
| 9 | No one played the male characters I wrote in the 1980s better than Antonio Banderas. But in La piel que habito (2011), I didn't want to repeat what we had done before. I wanted to drain Antonio's face of all expression and emotion, which is difficult for an actor to do. But his disposition was exactly the same as it used to be, and he gave me the confidence to push forward. It was a great reunion. |
| 10 | [on Penélope Cruz] Penélope was born to be an actress. She is someone who is extremely emotional, and if she was not an actress it could be a problem for her. It's luck she has chosen a profession that allows her to express something that would be too much for a normal person. Otherwise she would suffer a lot. And even now maybe she suffers too much. |
| 11 | I'm a big fan of David Lean. I think David Lean is the only example of a filmmaker who made super-productions that were auteur super-productions. They're extremely personal. And I don't think anyone's making films like that, and I really miss a personality like David Lean's in Hollywood. |
| 12 | I have been offered many projects in Hollywood, but I feel it's increasingly unlikely that I'll take them up. Because the way I work and the way they work over there are very different. I'm used to making up the story. I write it and direct it, or I adapt it if it's an adaptation, and so my filmmaking is very, very personal. I'm used to taking decisions and the criteria are my own. Of course, it's not a question of power - I do this in coordination with the entire team - but the ultimate criteria, the decision-making, is in my hands. And I feel that in Hollywood there are a whole number of people who take decisions prior to the director, and I feel that if I had to be listening to ten other people, all giving their opinion before I took a decision, it would lead to utter confusion. |
| 13 | [on Carmen Maura] If you divide the stages of my career and labelled them with the names of the people I've worked with, there's definitely a stage in my filmmaking that would be called The Carmen Maura Years, and those films were all in the 80s - although I did work with her again on Volver (2006). At the time, I felt she was absolutely the best vehicle I could find to tell my stories. She was the actress who had the best intuition, to connect with what I wanted from her. She could be very funny and very dramatic at the same time, so it was the perfect combination for me. Our relationship was absolutely perfect. We had this total communion, this osmosis, that went on, and due, probably, to that very intense and very fruitful engagement, it generated a number of personal problems that led to us having to stop working together. We were a filmmaking couple, but we faced all the issues - all the personal issues - that a normal couple faces. In that same period, through the 1980s up to 1990, the actor who best understood me and was able to play my parts was Antonio Banderas. Together with Carmen Maura. |
| 14 | I can get a lot of pleasure from a screening of Pink Flamingos (1972) by John Waters, and at the same time a Bergman movie, like Face to Face (1976) or Persona (1966). When I was a child, I remember very well that I saw a film by Michelangelo Antonioni. I was at school at the time, about 11 or 12, and I was deeply interested. But at the same time I saw silly pop movies that I liked too, because I was a child. I always combined these two tastes in my life. |
| 15 | [on Luis Buñuel] 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. |
| 16 | [on Penélope Cruz] For me she's not exactly a muse, the person who inspires. She doesn't inspire me for stories but she inspired something very important which is confidence and that is very, very important work. But of course we can call her a muse in the sense that when I finish the first draft and I am thinking of the faces of the characters, I'm always looking for one that fits her or trying to adapt it for her, because I think there is a big chemistry between us. I think that when I work with Penelope now, I'm a better director, thanks to Penelope - and Penelope's probably a better actress thanks to me. |
| 17 | [on Broken Embraces (2009)] I believe it is the most complex script I've ever written and during the writing of this film and also during the shoot, I did find myself in a different place. The way of making the film, the way of telling the story, the actors' tone and the way of editing was, you could say, a departure from some of my previous films. The film is much more balanced between the female characters and the male characters. This is also something new for me. I do feel that this film is a true declaration of love for cinema. I could almost say that cinema perfects all the irregularities, or the imperfections, of life. |
| 18 | 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. |
| 19 | My first ambition was to be a writer. I have always been very interested in writing. But it seems to me that I have more capacity for telling a story with images. It seems I have more talent for filmmaking than for writing a novel, which is my dream. I have always found it easy to let my imagination go. You do not just need imagination for filmmaking, you also need a lot of passion. When I discovered filmmaking as a way of telling stories, I felt that I had found something that was in my nature. I am glad that I had this ambition to be a novelist because it has helped me in filmmaking. |
| 20 | The characters in my films are assassins, rapists and so on, but I don't treat them as criminals, I talk about their humanity. |
| 21 | Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. |
| 22 | 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. |
| 23 | 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. |
| 24 | [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. |
| 25 | [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. |
| 26 | 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. |
| 27 | Already when I was very young, I was a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already knew. When I got out of a movie with my sisters, I retold them the whole story. In general they liked my version better than the one they had seen. |
| 28 | All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the personages. In fact, I am behind everything that happens and that is said, but I am never talking about myself in first person singular. Something in me--probably a dislike of cheap exhibitionism--stops me from approaching a project too autobiographically. |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Uses only his last name for his "Film By" credit ("Un film de Almodóvar") |
| 2 | His films often portrays strong female characters and transsexuals |
| 3 | Often uses symbolism and metaphorical techniques to portray circular storylines. |
