Eloy de la Iglesia
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing22
movieBulgarian Lovers
2003
Director
movieTurn of the Screw
1985
Director
movieEl Pico 2
1984
Director
movieOverdose
1983
Director
moviePals
1982
Director
movieThe Minister's Wife
1981
Director
movieNavajeros
1980
Director
movieThe Priest
1978
Director
movieThe Creature
1977
Director
movieHidden Pleasures
1977
Director
movieThe Other Bedroom
1976
Director
movieForbidden Love Game
1975
Director
movieMurder in a Blue World
1973
Director
movieNo One Heard the Scream
1973
Director
movieThe Cannibal Man
1972
Director
movieThe Glass Ceiling
1971
Director
movieCuadrilátero
1970
Director
movieFantasía... 3
1966
Director
Writing19
movieBulgarian Lovers
2003
Screenplay
movieThe Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
Screenplay
movieTurn of the Screw
1985
Screenplay
movieEl Pico 2
1984
Screenplay
movieOverdose
1983
Screenplay
moviePals
1982
Screenplay
movieThe Minister's Wife
1981
Screenplay
movieNavajeros
1980
Screenplay
movieAfraid to Go Out at Night
1980
Screenplay
movieConfessions of a Congressman
1978
Screenplay
movieHidden Pleasures
1977
Screenplay
movieThe Other Bedroom
1976
Screenplay
movieMurder in a Blue World
1973
Screenplay
movieNo One Heard the Scream
1973
Screenplay
movieThe Cannibal Man
1972
Screenplay
movieThe Glass Ceiling
1971
Screenplay
movieSomething Bitter in the Mouth
1969
Screenplay
movieFantasía... 3
1966
Writer
Acting9
movieEloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieNavajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieConfessions of a Congressman
1978
Man at rally
movieFantasía... 3
1966
Introductor (uncredited)