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Álex de la Iglesia

アレックス・デ・ラ・イグレシア　/　あれっくす・で・ら・いぐれしあ

Film director from Spain

December 4, 1965 (age 60)　・　Bilbao, Biscay, Spain

Biscay
film director
film producer
screenwriter

My Take

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.

Overview

Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza (born 4 December 1965) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist. De la Iglesia's films combine grotesque and very dark elements such as death and murder: most of his works are considered dark comedies, but are also often considered to have horror and/or drama elements.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / film producer / screenwriter / writer / film screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
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

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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