Biography for
Eloy de la Iglesia More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

1 January 1944, Zaráuz, Guipúscoa, Basque Provinces, Spain

Date of Death

23 March 2006, Madrid, Spain (post surgery complications)

Birth Name

Eloy Germán de la Iglesia Diéguez

Mini Biography

Spanish movies director. He studied cinema in Paris at the IDHEC. He began working in cinema in 1966, though he became famous in the years of the spanish transition to the democracy with provoking films. Drugs, delinquence, terrorism and generational problems are the common subjects in his films.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Miguel A. Andrade

Trivia

After directing 21 films in 20 years (1966/1986) he stopped due to drug adiction, a problem that he seems to have overcome (May 1996).

Personal Quotes

Mi adiccion a la droga es poca cosa comparada con mi adiccion al cine. (My adiction to drugs is not much compared to my adiction to the cinema).