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Pedro Almodóvar
FilmmakerKnown for:
All About My Mother (1999), Talk to Her (2002)
Education:
Self-taught filmmaker
Pedro Almodóvar began making films in post-Franco Spain with an anarchic energy that channeled the cultural liberation of the Movida madrileña into melodrama, comedy, and Sirkian excess. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) established him internationally; All About My Mother (1999) and Talk to Her (2002) each won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay respectively. He has remained the dominant figure in Spanish cinema for four decades.
Pedro Almodóvar's Gear List(1)
ARRI
Connection Source
ArriInterview
Connection note
Almodóvar adopted the ARRI ALEXA for his recent productions including "Pain and Glory" (2019). His earlier films were shot on Panavision and Arriflex film cameras.
Product description
Introduced in 2010, the ARRI ALEXA is a digital cinema camera that rapidly became the industry standard for high-end film and television production. Its large-format sensor and proprietary ALEV color science produced an image quality that many cinematographers considered closer to film than any preceding digital system. It has been used to shoot Academy Award-winning films including Gravity, Birdman, and Parasite.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
