FILM DIRECTOR

Pedro Almodóvar

1949 - Today

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Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo almoˈðoβaɾ kaβaˈʝeɾo]; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narratives. Desire, LGBT issues, passion, family, motherhood, and identity are among Almodóvar's most prevalent subjects in his films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Almodóvar has received more than 4,412,257 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Pedro Almodóvar is the 22nd most popular film director (up from 24th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Spain (down from 47th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Film Director.

Pedro Almodóvar is most famous for his films, which are known for their colorful, fantastical, and melodramatic style.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pedro Almodóvars by language

Over the past year Pedro Almodóvar has had the most page views in the with 522,673 views, followed by Spanish (391,393), and French (232,379). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (20,800.00%), Aragonese (1,254.76%), and Northern Sami (139.90%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Pedro Almodóvar ranks 22 out of 2,041. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl, Wim Wenders, Luchino Visconti, François Truffaut, Sergio Leone, and Jean-Luc Godard. After him are Francis Ford Coppola, Bernardo Bertolucci, Agnès Varda, Georges Méliès, Michelangelo Antonioni, and George Lucas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Pedro Almodóvar ranks 8. Before him are Benjamin Netanyahu, António Guterres, Caitlyn Jenner, Haruki Murakami, Niki Lauda, and Meryl Streep. After him are Mark Knopfler, Bernard Arnault, Lech Kaczyński, Anna Wintour, Sigourney Weaver, and Arsène Wenger.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Almodóvar ranks 49 out of 3,355. Before him are Montserrat Caballé (1933), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Arcadius (377), Roland (736), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), and Michael Servetus (1509). After him are Isabella II of Spain (1830), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), John of the Cross (1542), El Cid (1045), and Lope de Vega (1562).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Pedro Almodóvar ranks 2. Before him are Luis Buñuel (1900). After him are Carlos Saura (1932), Jesús Franco (1930), Víctor Erice (1940), Bigas Luna (1946), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Vicente Aranda (1926), Néstor Almendros (1930), Luis García Berlanga (1921), Segundo de Chomón (1871), and Fernando Trueba (1955).

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Filmography

Pain and Glory
Director
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
Mar 22o 20197.414 / 10
The Skin I Live In
Director
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Aug 17o 20117.521 / 10
All About My Mother
Director
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Apr 16o 19997.65 / 10