Pedro Almodovar (Almodovar) a.k.a. Pedro Almodovar Caballerois a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and a former actor. Almodovar became famous as a director and screenwriter duringLa Movida Madrilena, a cultural Renaissance that followed the death of Spanish dictatorFrancisco Franco. He is known for his works, Talk to Her, The Skin I Live In, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Volver. Almodovar started his career by making a short film from the money saved by working, later in 1980 he made his debut feature to the world wide, Pepi, Luci, Bom. He won the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film andBest Original Screenplayfor the comedy-drama,All About My Motherand Talk to Her, respectively.