Pedro Almodóvar


Birthday: September 25, 1951

Splashing his colorful films across the dour post-Franco Spanish landscape with the irreverent glee of a prostitute arriving late to church after a long night, Pedro Almodóvar has been called the most influential Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel. Beginning in the 1980s, Almodóvar started serving up provocative, candy-colored visions fraught with postmodernist insight into everything ...more
  • 2006
  • Goya Awards
  • Best Director
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  • win
  • 2006
  • London Film Critics Association
  • Best Director
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  • nom
  • 2006
  • Satellite Awards
  • Best Director
  • Volver
  • nom
  • 2006
  • Satellite Awards
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Volver
  • nom
  • 2006
  • Goya Awards
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Volver
  • nom


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