Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
Character:
MOVIE • 2021
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2018
El Pico 2
Character:
MOVIE • 1984
Overdose
Character:
MOVIE • 1983
The Minister's Wife
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
Navajeros
Character:
MOVIE • 1980
Confessions of a Congressman
Character: Man at rally
MOVIE • 1978
Fantasía... 3
Character: Introductor (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1966
Crew
Crew Credits
Bulgarian Lovers
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2003
Bulgarian Lovers
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2003
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1987
Turn of the Screw
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1985
Turn of the Screw
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1985
El Pico 2
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1984
El Pico 2
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1984
Overdose
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
Overdose
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1983
Pals
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
Pals
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1982
The Minister's Wife
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1981
The Minister's Wife
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1981
Navajeros
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Navajeros
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1980
Afraid to Go Out at Night
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Afraid to Go Out at Night
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1980
Confessions of a Congressman
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
Confessions of a Congressman
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1978