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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Los Muértimer
2025
Producer
It tells the story of five friends who discover a jewel theft plot in a cemetery without any adult believing them.

The Dark Fantastic
2025
as Self
The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blending live performances, striking visuals, and interv...

My Fault: London
2025
Executive Producer
18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets W...

Your Fault
2024
Producer
The love between Noah and Nick seems unwavering despite their parents' attempts to separate them. But his job and her entry into college open up their...

Anatema
2024
Producer
Juana is a nun with a strong character marked by a paranormal experience. A mysterious order from the Archbishopric will take her to an old church in ...

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S'
2024
as Self
Franco's death in 1975 opened the doors to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years in which censorship was relaxed, in 1977 it was compl...

Bad Hair Day
2024
Producer
It tells the story of Sonia, a responsible, orderly woman with a very integrated sense of the norm. However, in a single night this textbook controlle...

My Fault
2023
Executive Producer
Noah must leave her city, boyfriend, and friends to move into William Leister's mansion, the flashy and wealthy husband of her mother Rafaela. As a pr...

Venus
2022
Producer
Lucía, a club dancer on the run, takes refuge in a sinister building on the outskirts of Madrid where her sister Rocío lives with her daughter Alba.

Four's a Crowd
2022
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Julián, a divorced man with financial problems, uses a cell phone application to share his car with strangers.

The Critic
2022
as 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 ha...

The Chalk Line
2022
Producer
After a couple finds a traumatized child of unknown origins, wife Paula must decipher the girl's strange behaviors to unlock her identity and dark pas...

Veneciafrenia
2022
Director, Screenplay, Producer
When a group of young Spanish tourists travel to Venice for a bachelorette party, they are met by angry locals who are not keen on foreigners and soon...

Raphaelismo
2022
as 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 ...

Mi adorado Monster
2021
as 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 resu...

Wild Session
2019
as 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 ...

70 Big Ones
2019
Producer
Raquel is desperate: a series of unfortunate events have led to her daughter being taken and she needs a large amount of money to get her back, and fa...

¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
as 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 arti...

Sad Hill Unearthed
2018
as 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, ...

Una vez en la vida
2018
Director, Writer
Once in a lifetime

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
2018
Producer
Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the...

Perfect Strangers
2017
Director, Screenplay, Producer
During a lunar eclipse, seven friends gather for dinner and decide to play a game in which they must share with each other the content of every messag...

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
2017
as Self - Filmmaker
How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Span...

The Bar
2017
Director, Writer, Producer
In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

Heirs of the Beast
2016
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.

My Big Night
2015
Director, Screenplay
Coslada, near Madrid, Spain, October 2015. Hundreds of extras are trapped in a huge stage where they pretend with hysterical joy that they are celebra...

Words with Gods
2014
Director, Writer
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the wor...

Why Horror?
2014
as Self
Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.

Shrew's Nest
2014
Producer
Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her y...

Messi
2014
Director
His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, c...

El Roast de Santiago Segura. Amiguetes los justos
2014
as 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 ...

Siniestro Total: Que parezca un accidente
2014
as Álex de la Iglesia
24 cines por segundo
2013
Projectionists, film exhibitors and audiences explain their stories, their misfortunes, passion and selfless lifes; challenging time and conecting pas...

Witching & Bitching
2013
Director, Screenplay
A gang of gold thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual... and in need of a sacrifice.

As Luck Would Have It
2011
Director
Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man,...

The Last Circus
2010
Director, Writer
A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturb...

Spanish Movie
2009
as 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 ...

La tragedia de Franco
2009
as Himself
Franco lives and will live forever in China.

La tragedia de Franco
2009
Director
Franco lives and will live forever in China.

Flesh on Flesh
2008
Documentary on Argentine actress and sex symbol Isabel Sarli, including clips from her films and interviews with her and other actors.

Critic
2008
as Self
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 20...

The Oxford Murders
2008
Director, Screenplay, Producer
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symb...

Sexo en el plató
2007
as 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 ab...

The Baby's Room
2006
Director, Screenplay
Juan and Sonia arrive at a large old house, an ideal place to raise their newborn son. When, one night before going to bed, they check the operation o...

The Code
2006
Director
In this film, the director maintains an interview with Leonardo Da Vinci (played by Manuel Tallafé). It is a priceless document where the Italian arti...

Hitler Lives!
2006
Director
Hitler is alive. Words are unnecessary ...

The Ferpect Crime
2004
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.

Noin
2003
as Álex de la Iglesia

800 Bullets
2002
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Almería, Tabernas desert, Spain, 2002. Texas Hollywood is a dilapidated and dusty town where Western movies have not been shot for decades. Julián Tor...

Common Wealth
2000
Director, Screenplay
Julia, a real estate agent, finds an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, a stroke of luck that will force her to face the wrath...

Heart of the Warrior
2000
Thanks
Beldar and Sonja, a pair of thieves, steal a precious gem from the crypt of the Order of the Thousand Eyes, a daring act that will lead to unforeseen ...

Dying of Laughter
1999
Director, Writer
Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between...

Dance with the Devil
1997
Director, Writer
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sl...

The Day of the Beast
1995
Director, Screenplay
The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible, a death metal salesman from Carabanchel, an...

Mutant Action
1993
Director, Writer
Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the...

Killer Mirindas
1992
Director, Screenplay, Production Design
A man with a suspicious attitude enters a bar where only a bartender and another customer are present and orders an orange soda, a Mirinda, very cold;...

Todo por la pasta
1991
Production Design
After a robbery at a bingo hall, the girlfriend of one of the robbers escaped with the help of another woman tries to recover the loot from the raid. ...

Mama
1988
Art Direction
There is an attack from outer space and a family descends to the basement, not without problems, and an electric saw ends up being the protagonist.
Culpa nuestra
N/A
Producer
The relationship between Nick and Noah is going through its best moment. It seems that nothing will be the same for the pair of lovers. A series of ev...
Marfil
N/A
Producer
Marfil Cortés, a daughter of a wealthy Spanish businessman, is kidnapped and released, leading her father to hire Sebastian Moore as a bodyguard. Desp...
Ébano
N/A
Producer
Marfil Cortés, kidnapped and released, is forced to work as a bodyguard by her father. Despite initial clashes, they develop an irremediable attractio...
La Cuidadora
N/A
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
When Carmen, an 80-year-old widow, suffers a domestic accident, her daughter Lourdes decides to hire an assistant to help her in her daily life. Accus...