Eloy de la Iglesia
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.
Acting
Movie
Overdose
1983
Movie
Navajeros
1980
Movie
El Pico 2
1984
Movie
Confessions of a Congressman
as Man at rally
1978
Movie
The Minister's Wife
1981
Movie
Fantasía... 3
as Introductor (uncredited)
1966
Movie
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Movie
Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
2021
Movie
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Crew
Movie
The Cannibal Man
Director
1972
Movie
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Director
1987
Movie
Overdose
Director
1983
Movie
Navajeros
Screenplay
1980
Movie
Pals
Director
1982
Movie
El Pico 2
Screenplay
1984
Movie
Murder in a Blue World
Screenplay
1973
Movie
Bulgarian Lovers
Director
2003
Movie
Confessions of a Congressman
Screenplay
1978
Movie
No One Heard the Scream
Director
1973
Movie
Hidden Pleasures
Screenplay
1977
Movie
Forbidden Love Game
Director
1975