Eloy de la Iglesia
DirectingDe 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Navajeros
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
Self (archive footage)
El Pico 2
Overdose
The Minister's Wife
Confessions of a Congressman
Man at rally
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
Self (archive footage)
Fantasía... 3
Introductor (uncredited)
Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
Filmography — Crew
Navajeros
Director
Murder in a Blue World
Director
El Pico 2
Director
Overdose
Director
Hidden Pleasures
Director
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Director
Pals
Director
The Creature
Director
The Minister's Wife
Director
Bulgarian Lovers
Director
Confessions of a Congressman
Director
The Cannibal Man
Screenplay
The Priest
Director
Forbidden Love Game
Director
Turn of the Screw
Director
The Other Bedroom
Director
Something Bitter in the Mouth
Director
The Glass Ceiling
Director
Fantasía... 3
Director
Afraid to Go Out at Night
Director
No One Heard the Scream
Screenplay
Cuadrilátero
Director