Eloy de la Iglesia
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-01-01 (62 years old)
Deathday
2006-03-23
Place of Birth
Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Also known As
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Eloy de la Iglesia
Biography
De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay socialist filmmaker who is relatively unknown outside 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. Part of his work is closely related to the phenomenon popularly known in Spain as quinqui films, to which he contributed with several works. His film 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. Beyond their debatable aesthetic merits, his film serv...
Acting
1980
1983
1984
1978
as Man at rally
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1966
as Introductor (uncredited)
Production
1972
as Screenplay
1973
as Screenplay
1972
as Director
1973
as Director
1973
as Director
1973
as Screenplay
1978
as Director
1975
as Director
1983
as Screenplay
1983
as Director
2003
as Screenplay
2003
as Director
1984
as Director
1984
as Screenplay
1971
as Screenplay
1971
as Director
1987
as Director
1987
as Screenplay
1969
as Director
1976
as Screenplay
1976
as Director
1969
as Screenplay
1978
as Director
1980
as Director
1977
as Director
1966
as Director
1977
as Director
1977
as Screenplay
1978
as Screenplay
1980
as Screenplay
1970
as Director
1985
as Screenplay
1981
as Director
1982
as Director
1982
as Screenplay
1985
as Director
1981
as Screenplay
1980
as Screenplay
1980
as Director
1975
as Writer
1966
as Writer
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