Eloy de la Iglesia

Directing·Jan 1, 1944·Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain

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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.

Film	Credit
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict2025 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon2021 · Actor	Actor
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores2018 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Bulgarian Lovers2003 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Tobacconist of Vallecas1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Turn of the Screw1985 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
El Pico 21984 · Actor, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director, Screenplay
Overdose1983 · Actor, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director, Screenplay
Pals1982 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Minister's Wife1981 · Actor, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director, Screenplay
Navajeros1980 · Actor, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director, Screenplay
Afraid to Go Out at Night1980 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Confessions of a Congressman1978 · Man at rally, Director, Screenplay	Man at rally, Director, Screenplay
The Priest1978 · Director	Director
The Creature1977 · Director	Director
Hidden Pleasures1977 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Other Bedroom1976 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Forbidden Love Game1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Murder in a Blue World1973 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
No One Heard the Scream1973 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Cannibal Man1972 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Glass Ceiling1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cuadrilátero1970 · Director	Director
Something Bitter in the Mouth1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Fantasía... 31966 · Introductor (uncredited), Director, Writer	Introductor (uncredited), Director, Writer