Agustín Almodóvar Caballero (born 25 May 1955) is a
film producer and younger brother of filmmaker
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...
.
He was born in
Calzada de Calatrava and obtained a degree in
chemistry from the
Complutense University of Madrid
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.
He began his career in film production as a messenger in
Fernando Trueba
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Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper ''El País''. ...
's film ''Sé infiel y no mires con quién''.
In 1986, he and Pedro founded their own production company,
El Deseo S.A. Through this company he has produced all of Pedro's films since 1986, and several French co-productions.
He is a member of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.
Filmography
*1986: ''
Matador
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'', director:
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...
.
*1987: ''
La ley del deseo
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'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*1988: ''
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' ( es, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. The film brought Almodóvar to ...
'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*1989: ''
¡Átame!
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'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*1991: ''
Tacones lejanos'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*1991: ''Terra fría'', director:
Antonio Campos.
*1992: ''
Acción mutante'', director:
Álex de la Iglesia
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.
*1993: ''
Kika
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'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*1995: ''Tengo una casa'', directora: Mónica Laguna.
*1995: ''
La flor de mi secreto'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*1996: ''Pasajes'', director: Daniel Calparsoro.
*1997: ''
Carne trémula'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*1998: ''A trabajar'', director: Alain Guesnier.
*1999: ''
Todo sobre mi madre'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2001: ''
La fiebre del loco'', director:
Andrés Wood
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.
*2001: ''
El espinazo del diablo'', director:
Guillermo del Toro.
*2002: ''
Hable con ella''. director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2003: ''
Mi vida sin mí'', directora:
Isabel Coixet.
*2004: ''Descongélate'', directores:
Félix Sabroso
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y
Dunia Ayaso.
*2004: ''
La mala educación'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2005: ''
La vida secreta de las palabras'', directora:
Isabel Coixet.
*2006: ''
Volver
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'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2007: ''Cobrador. In God we trust'', director:
Paul Leduc.
*2008: ''
La mujer rubia'', directora:
Lucrecia Martel
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.
*2009: ''El patio de mi cárcel'', directora: Belén Macías.
*2010: ''
Los abrazos rotos
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'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2010: ''El último verano de La Boyita'', directora:
Julia Solomonoff.
*2011: ''
La piel que habito'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2013: ''
Los amantes pasajeros'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2014: ''
Relatos salvajes'', director
Damián Szifron.
*2016: ''
Julieta'', director: Pedro Almodóvar.
*2019: ''
Dolor y gloria'', director: Pedro Almodóvar
*2020: ''
The Human Voice
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'' director: Pedro Almodóvar
*2020: ''
It Snows in Benidorm'' director: Isabel Coixet
Documentary
*2003: ''Eyengui, dios del sueño'', director: José Manuel Novoa.
*2004: ''César y Zain'', director: Lorenzo J. Levene.
*2004 ''Caravan, mercaderes de la sal'', director:
Gerardo Olivares.
*2004: ''Los sin tierra'', director: Miguel Barros.
*2008: ''Historias de las montañas de la bruma'', director: Larry Levene.
*2009: ''El señor de Sipán'', director: José Manuel Novoa.
*2010: ''José y Pilar'', director:
Miguel Gonçalves Mendes.
*2012: ''The Labeque way'', director: Félix Cábez.
*2013: ''Con la pata quebrada'', director: Diego Galán.
References
External links
*
1955 births
Living people
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Filmmakers who won the Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award
People named in the Panama Papers
Spanish film producers
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