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Eloy de la Iglesia (1944-2006)

Birthplace:
Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain

Born:
January 1, 1944

Died:
March 23, 2006

Biography from TheMovieDB

De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay socialist filmmaker who is relatively unknown outside 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. Part of his work is closely related to the phenomenon popularly known in Spain as quinqui films, to which he contributed with several works. His film 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. Beyond their debatable aesthetic merits, his film served a document of the Spanish marginality of the late seventies and early eighties, and they have the stamp of his strong personality. Many of this films also deal with the theme of homosexuality.

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Film Production

Director:
1966  Fantasía... 3
1969  Something Bitter in the Mouth
1970  Cuadrilátero
1971  The Glass Ceiling
1972  The Week of the Killer
1973  Murder in a Blue World
1973  No One Heard the Scream
1975  Forbidden Love Game
1976  La otra alcoba
1977  Hidden Pleasures
1977  The Creature
1978  Confessions of a Congressman
1978  The Priest
1980  Afraid to Go Out at Night
1980  Navajeros
1981  The Minister's Wife
1982  Pals
1983  Overdose
1984  El Pico 2
1985  Turn of the Screw
1987  The Tobacconist of Vallecas
2003  Bulgarian Lovers

Screenplay:
1966  Fantasía... 3
1969  Something Bitter in the Mouth
1970  Cuadrilátero
1971  The Glass Ceiling
1972  The Week of the Killer
1973  Murder in a Blue World
1973  No One Heard the Scream
1975  Forbidden Love Game
1976  La otra alcoba
1977  Hidden Pleasures
1977  The Creature
1978  Confessions of a Congressman
1978  The Priest
1980  Afraid to Go Out at Night
1980  Navajeros
1981  The Minister's Wife
1982  Pals
1983  Overdose
1984  El Pico 2
1985  Turn of the Screw
1987  The Tobacconist of Vallecas
2003  Bulgarian Lovers

Writer:
1966  Fantasía... 3
1969  Something Bitter in the Mouth
1970  Cuadrilátero
1971  The Glass Ceiling
1972  The Week of the Killer
1973  Murder in a Blue World
1973  No One Heard the Scream
1975  Forbidden Love Game
1976  La otra alcoba
1977  Hidden Pleasures
1977  The Creature
1978  Confessions of a Congressman
1978  The Priest
1980  Afraid to Go Out at Night
1980  Navajeros
1981  The Minister's Wife
1982  Pals
1983  Overdose
1984  El Pico 2
1985  Turn of the Screw
1987  The Tobacconist of Vallecas
2003  Bulgarian Lovers

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