- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Died
- March 23, 2006
Eloy de la Iglesia
De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay socialist filmmaker relatively unknown outside of Spain, despite a prolific and successful career in his native country. He is best remembered for having portrayed urban marginality and the world of drugs and juvenile delinquency in the early 1980s, and his films serve as an archive of the Spanish marginality of this era. Is other words, his work is closely related to the phenomenon popularly known in Spain as "quinqui cinema". His films are an example of commitment to the immediate reality; they were made with honesty and great risk, against the conformist outlook of most movies of its time. Many of this films also deal with the theme of homosexuality.
Filmography
movieEloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieBlood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
2021
movieNavajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieBulgarian Lovers
2003 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987 · Director, Screenplay
movieTurn of the Screw
1985 · Screenplay, Director
movieEl Pico 2
1984 · , Director, Screenplay
movieOverdose
1983 · , Screenplay, Director
moviePals
1982 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Minister's Wife
1981 · , Director, Screenplay
movieNavajeros
1980 · , Screenplay, Director
movieAfraid to Go Out at Night
1980 · Director, Screenplay
movieConfessions of a Congressman
1978 · Man at rally, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Priest
1978 · Director
movieThe Creature
1977 · Director
movieHidden Pleasures
1977 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Other Bedroom
1976 · Screenplay, Director
movieForbidden Love Game
1975 · Director, Writer
movieMurder in a Blue World
1973 · Director, Screenplay
movieNo One Heard the Scream
1973 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Cannibal Man
1972 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Glass Ceiling
1971 · Screenplay, Director
movieCuadrilátero
1970 · Director
movieSomething Bitter in the Mouth
1969 · Director, Screenplay
movieFantasía... 3
1966 · Introductor (uncredited), Director, Writer