Álex de la Iglesia

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1.2351

Gender

Male

Birthday

04-Dec-1965

Age

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Bilbao, Spain

Also Known As
  • Alejandro de la Iglesia Mendoza
  • 알렉스 드 라 이글레시아
  • 알레한드로 데 라 이글레시아
  • 알레한드로 드 라 이글레시아

Álex de la Iglesia

Biography

Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza (born December 4, 1965) is a Spanish film director. Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status thanks to their weird sense of humour.


Credits

La tragedia de Franco La tragedia de Franco (2009) Character: Himself
Franco lives and will live forever in China.
24 cines por segundo 24 cines por segundo (2013) Character: N/A
Projectionists, film exhibitors and audiences explain their stories, their misfortunes, passion and selfless lifes; challenging time and conecting past, present and future. '24 Cinemas per Second' tries to show how films exhibition evolves as a consecuence of social changes and daily customs.
Carne sobre carne Carne sobre carne (2008) Character: N/A
Documentary on Argentine actress and sex symbol Isabel Sarli, including clips from her films and interviews with her and other actors.
Raphaelismo Raphaelismo (2022) Character: Self
Raphael is one of the most prolific, followed & adored spanish artists in the world. This documentary takes us across his childhood, early years, his home & family, glory, transplant and reinvention as singer & actor in 60 yrs of legacy.
Mi adorado Monster Mi adorado Monster (2021) Character: Self
With humor, prolific director Víctor Matellano tells the story of one of the most iconic and problematic cult films of Spain's "fantaterror": Los resucitados by Arturo de Bobadilla. A story of ambition, frustration and the everlasting will of the most passionate cinephiles.
El Roast de Santiago Segura. Amiguetes los justos El Roast de Santiago Segura. Amiguetes los justos (2014) Character: Himself
Eight friends get together to present the real Santiago Segura. They are going to tell everything, but the question is whether Segura is going to let El Gran Wyoming, Anna Simón, Kiko Rivera, Angie, Alex de la Iglesia, Silvia Abril, Carlos Areces and Jorge Sanz reveal their secrets.
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar (2017) Character: Self - Filmmaker
How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Spanish television.
The Dark Fantastic The Dark Fantastic (2025) Character: Self
The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blending live performances, striking visuals, and interviews with directors he’s scored for. It celebrates his bold impact on cinema and invites viewers into a surreal fusion of music and storytelling.
Sexo en el plató Sexo en el plató (2007) Character: Himself (archive footage)
How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prepare and feel? Spanish actors and directors talk about the most intimate side of acting, about the tricks and work methods when narrating exposed sex. In Spain the general rule is that there are no rules. Each film, each interpreter, faces it in very different ways.
Crítico Crítico (2008) Character: Self
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Spanish Movie Spanish Movie (2009) Character: Trilero
Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly linked to comedy and a high reserve of surprises constitute the ingredients of this crazy comedy: Spanish Movie.
El crítico El crítico (2022) Character: Self
A portrait of film critic Carlos Boyero, one of the most followed and feared figures in Spanish cinema, surrounded by controversy and both love and hate.
Sesión salvaje Sesión salvaje (2019) Character: Self - Filmmaker
A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.
Herederos de la bestia Herederos de la bestia (2016) Character: N/A
The story of the making and subsequent success of The Day of the Beast, the Spanish cult film directed by Álex de la Iglesia and released in 1995.
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” (2024) Character: Self
Spain, 1975. Franco's death opens the door to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years of relaxed censorship, it is abolished in 1977, and the “S” rating is created to protect viewers from films that may “offend their sensibilities.”
Sad Hill Unearthed Sad Hill Unearthed (2018) Character: Self - Filmmaker
Province of Burgos, northern Spain, October 2015. A group of fans undertake the titanic task of restoring the location of the last scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the mythical spaghetti western directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone in 1966.
Why Horror? Why Horror? (2014) Character: Self
Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.
¡Ay, Carmen! ¡Ay, Carmen! (2018) Character: Self - Filmmaker
The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director Pedro Almodóvar's first muse and a brilliant artist in her own right.



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