Eloy de la Iglesia
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Place of birth
- Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Died
- March 23, 2006
Biography
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.
Movies with Eloy de la Iglesia
- Overdose 1983 · ★ 6.7
- Navajeros 1980 · ★ 6.5
- El pico 2 1984 · ★ 6.4
- Confessions of a Congressman 1978 · ★ 6.1
- The Minister's Wife 1981 · ★ 4.9
- Fantasía... 3 1966 · ★ 5.0
- Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores 2018 · ★ 6.0
- Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon 2021
- Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict 2025
Movies directed by Eloy de la Iglesia
- The Cannibal Man 1972 · ★ 6.1
- The Tobacconist of Vallecas 1987 · ★ 6.2
- Overdose 1983 · ★ 6.7
- Navajeros 1980 · ★ 6.5
- Pals 1982 · ★ 6.2
- El pico 2 1984 · ★ 6.4
- Murder in a Blue World 1973 · ★ 4.7
- Bulgarian Lovers 2003 · ★ 5.6
- Confessions of a Congressman 1978 · ★ 6.1
- No One Heard the Scream 1973 · ★ 5.7
- Hidden Pleasures 1977 · ★ 5.8
- The Priest 1978 · ★ 6.0
- Forbidden Love Game 1975 · ★ 5.1
- The Glass Ceiling 1971 · ★ 5.3
- Afraid to Go Out at Night 1980 · ★ 5.2
- Turn of the Screw 1985 · ★ 4.9
- The Minister's Wife 1981 · ★ 4.9
- The Other Bedroom 1976 · ★ 4.6
- The Creature 1977 · ★ 4.2
- Something Bitter in the Mouth 1969 · ★ 4.9
- Fantasía... 3 1966 · ★ 5.0
- Cuadrilátero 1970 · ★ 4.2