Pedro Almodóvar
filmmaker
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo almoˈðoβar kaβaˈʎeɾo]; born 25 September 1949)[1][2] is a Spaingie film director, screenwriter, producer an umwhile actor. He came tae prominence as a director an screenwriter durin La Movida Madrileña, a cultural renaissance that follaeed the daith o Spainyie dictator Francisco Franco. His first few films characterisit the sense o sexual an poleetical freedom o the period.
Pedro Almodóvar | |
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 Pedro Almodóvar (2008) | |
| Born | Pedro Almodóvar Caballero 25 September 1949 Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain |
| Naitionality | Spainyie |
| Thrift | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Wabsteid | |
| pedroalmodovar.es | |
Notes
eedit- ↑ "Pedro Almodovar." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Thomson Gale. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 2 Jan. 2010
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2011.
References
eedit- Allinson, Mark. A Spanish Labyrinth: The Films of Pedro Almodóvar, I.B Tauris Publishers, 2001, ISBN 1-86064-507-0
- Almodóvar, Pedro. Some Notes About the Skin I Live In. Taschen Magazine, Winter 2011/12.
- Bergan, Ronald. Film, D.K Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7566-2203-4
- Cobos, Juan and Marias Miguel. Almodóvar Secreto, Nickel Odeon, 1995
- D’ Lugo, Marvin. Pedro Almodóvar, University of Illinois Press, 2006, ISBN 0-252-07361-4
- Edwards, Gwyne. Almodóvar: labyrinths of Passion. London: Peter Owen. 2001, ISBN 0-7206-1121-0
- Strauss, Frederick. Almodóvar on Almodóvar, Faber and Faber, 2006, ISBN 0-571-23192-6