Álex de la Iglesia
Film director
1965 –
Who is Álex de la Iglesia?
Alejandro de la Iglesia Mendoza, more known as Álex de la Iglesia is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist.
De la Iglesia's films combines grotesque and very dark elements such as death and murder: most of his work is considered dark comedies, but are also often considered to have horror and/or drama elements. All his films, with the notable exceptions of The Last Circus and As Luck Would Have It, were written together with Jorge Guerricaechevarría.
De la Iglesia was revered by Pedro Almodóvar who produced his first feature film Acción mutante in 1993. For his following film, The Day of the Beast, he won the Goya Award for Best Director.
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- Born
- Dec 4, 1965
Bilbao - Also known as
- Alex de la Iglesia
- Alejandro de la Iglesia Mendoza
- Alejandro de la Iglesia
- Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza
- De La Iglesia
- Alex
- Alex de la Iglesia Mendoza
- Spouses
- Amaya Díez
(1997 - 2010) - Carolina Bang
- Amaya Díez
- Ethnicity
- Spanish people
- Basque people
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Education
- University of Deusto
- Lived in
- Bilbao
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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