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Acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will be receive the Writers Guild of America, West‘s Jean Renoir Award, honoring an international writer who has “advanced the literature of motion pictures,” the guild announced Wednesday.
WGAW Vice President Howard A. Rodman called Almodóvar “a genius.”
“His screenplays, which he directs with passion and fine care, have taught us about the exteriors of his native land and the interiors of our own hearts,” Rodman said.
Almodóvar won an Oscar for penning 2002’s “Talk to Her,” which also earned him a best-director nomination.
He gained notoriety in the United States in the 1980s with the films “Matador” and “Law of Desire,” the latter of which starred a young Antonio Banderas. He earned a BAFTA nomination for the 1988 foreign-language film “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
His other credits include films such as “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!,” “High Heels,” “All About My Mother,” “Volver,” “Broken Embraces,” “The Skin I Live In” and most recently “I’m So Excited.” His latest film, “Silencio,” is scheduled for release this spring.
— City News Service