Álex de la Iglesia

Álex de la Iglesia

1965-12-04 Bilbao, Spain 62 Credits

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.

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Los Muértimer

Los Muértimer

2025

Producer

Producing

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

The Dark Fantastic

The Dark Fantastic

2025

as Self

Acting

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

My Fault: London

2025

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

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

Your Fault

2024

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Anatema

2024

Producer

6.2
Producing

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'

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S'

2024

as Self

Acting

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

Bad Hair Day

2024

Producer

5.9
Producing

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

My Fault

2023

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

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

Venus

2022

Producer

6.3
Producing

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

Four's a Crowd

2022

Screenplay, Producer, Director

6.3
Writing Producing Directing

Julián, a divorced man with financial problems, uses a cell phone application to share his car with strangers.

The Critic

The Critic

2022

as Self

6.4
Acting

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

The Chalk Line

2022

Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Veneciafrenia

2022

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.0
Directing Writing Producing

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

Raphaelismo

2022

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

Mi adorado Monster

2021

as Self

Acting

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

Wild Session

2019

as Self - Filmmaker

6.9
Acting

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

70 Big Ones

2019

Producer

5.8
Producing

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!

¡Ay, Carmen!

2018

as Self - Filmmaker

5.3
Acting

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

Sad Hill Unearthed

2018

as Self - Filmmaker

7.0
Acting

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

Una vez en la vida

2018

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Once in a lifetime

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil

2018

Producer

6.3
Producing

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

Perfect Strangers

2017

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

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

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar

2017

as Self - Filmmaker

8.2
Acting

How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Span...

The Bar

The Bar

2017

Director, Writer, Producer

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

Heirs of the Beast

Heirs of the Beast

2016

6.0
Acting

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

My Big Night

2015

Director, Screenplay

5.3
Directing Writing

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

Words with Gods

2014

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

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?

Why Horror?

2014

as Self

5.9
Acting

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

Shrew's Nest

Shrew's Nest

2014

Producer

6.9
Producing

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

Messi

2014

Director

7.5
Directing

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

El Roast de Santiago Segura. Amiguetes los justos

2014

as Himself

5.8
Acting

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

Siniestro Total: Que parezca un accidente

2014

as Álex de la Iglesia

Acting

24 cines por segundo

2013

Acting

Projectionists, film exhibitors and audiences explain their stories, their misfortunes, passion and selfless lifes; challenging time and conecting pas...

Witching & Bitching

Witching & Bitching

2013

Director, Screenplay

6.3
Directing Writing

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

As Luck Would Have It

2011

Director

6.0
Directing

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

The Last Circus

2010

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

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

Spanish Movie

2009

as Trilero

5.0
Acting

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

La tragedia de Franco

2009

as Himself

4.0
Acting

Franco lives and will live forever in China.

La tragedia de Franco

La tragedia de Franco

2009

Director

4.0
Directing

Franco lives and will live forever in China.

Flesh on Flesh

Flesh on Flesh

2008

4.3
Acting

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

Critic

Critic

2008

as Self

7.9
Acting

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

The Oxford Murders

2008

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.0
Directing Writing Producing

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

Sexo en el plató

2007

as Himself (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

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

The Baby's Room

2006

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

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

The Code

2006

Director

4.5
Directing

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!

Hitler Lives!

2006

Director

2.5
Directing

Hitler is alive. Words are unnecessary ...

The Ferpect Crime

The Ferpect Crime

2004

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.

Noin

Noin

2003

as Álex de la Iglesia

Acting
800 Bullets

800 Bullets

2002

Screenplay, Director, Producer

5.9
Writing Directing Producing

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

Common Wealth

2000

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

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

Heart of the Warrior

2000

Thanks

4.9

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

Dying of Laughter

1999

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

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

Dance with the Devil

1997

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

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

The Day of the Beast

1995

Director, Screenplay

7.3
Directing Writing

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

Mutant Action

1993

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

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

Killer Mirindas

1992

Director, Screenplay, Production Design

5.9
Directing Writing

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

Todo por la pasta

1991

Production Design

5.1

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

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

Producing

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

Producing

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

Producing

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

Directing Producing Writing

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...