Álex de la Iglesia

Álex de la Iglesia is exactly the kind of director I root for: a former comic book artist who turned a taste for the grotesque into genuine art. Folding death and murder into dark comedy is a tightrope walk, and the fact that he won a Goya for Best Director in 1996 and a Silver Lion in Venice in 2010 tells me the world saw craft where others might see only bad taste. His Bilbao roots give his work a distinctly Spanish bite. I find directors who can make the unsettling feel cinematic far more interesting than those who simply play it safe.

Name (English)

Álex de la Iglesia

Name (Japanese)

アレックス・デ・ラ・イグレシア

Reading

あれっくす・で・ら・いぐれしあ

Born

December 4, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Origin

Bilbao, Biscay, Spain

Occupation

film director / film producer / screenwriter / writer / film screenwriter

University

University of Deusto

Awards & achievements

• 2016 silver Medal of the Community of Madrid
• 1996 Goya Award for Best Director
• 2010 Silver Lion
• 2020 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
• 2005 Time Machine Award

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2

Tags

• Biscay
• film director
• film producer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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