Eloy de la Iglesia

4 titles·Since 1972

January 1, 1944 · Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain

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.

Frequently works with

José Luis Manzano

3 titles together

Enrique San Francisco

2 titles together

Filmography (4)

The Tobacconist of Vallecas

1987 · Director

Overdose

1983 · Director

Navajeros

1980 · Director

The Cannibal Man

1972 · Director

January 1, 1944 · Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain

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.