Born in Spain in 1949, Almodóvar emerged in the post-Franco cultural explosion with colourful, emotional films about women, desire and family. He has won Oscars for All About My Mother and for the screenplay of Talk to Her.
Filmography
- Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980)
- Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
- Matador (1986)
- Law of Desire (1987)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
- High Heels (1991)
- The Flower of My Secret (1995)
- Live Flesh (1997)
- All About My Mother (1999)
- Talk to Her (2002)
- Bad Education (2004)
- Volver (2006)
- Broken Embraces (2009)
- The Skin I Live In (2011)
- Julieta (2016)
- Pain and Glory (2019)
- Parallel Mothers (2021)
- The Room Next Door (2024)