---
name: "Álex de la Iglesia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-de-la-iglesia"
fi1m_id: "alex-de-la-iglesia"
imdb_id: "nm0407067"
tmdb_id: 57865
wikidata_id: "Q250627"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "4 December 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T22:02:22.608187+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Álex de la Iglesia

## Identity

Álex de la Iglesia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-de-la-iglesia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-de-la-iglesia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0407067
- **TMDB ID:** 57865
- **Wikidata ID:** Q250627
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lex_de_la_Iglesia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250627, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57865

Producer. Born 4 December 1965 in Bilbao, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 4 December 1965, Bilbao, Spain
- **Also known as:** Alejandro de la Iglesia Mendoza, 알렉스 드 라 이글레시아, 알레한드로 데 라 이글레시아, 알레한드로 드 라 이글레시아
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lex_de_la_Iglesia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250627, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57865

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Drawn Together*](https://film.one/film/drawn-together.md) (44)

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## On Fi1m (1)

- *Drawn Together* (2026), Fi1m 44, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/drawn-together.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Drawn Together* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/drawn-together.md)
- *Your Fault: London* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Vincent Finch: 10 años después* (2025), series, as Álex de la Iglesia
- *Entrepreneurs* (2025), series, Director
- *Our Fault* (2025), Producer
- *Los Muértimer* (2025), Producer
- *My Fault: London* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Your Fault* (2024), Producer
- *Santuario* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *1992* (2024), series, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Anatema* (2024), Producer
- *Bad Hair Day* (2024), Producer
- *My Fault* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Headless Chickens* (2023), series, Idea
- *Piety* (2023), Producer
- *Venus* (2022), Producer
- *Four's a Crowd* (2022), Screenplay, Producer, Director
- *The Chalk Line* (2022), Producer
- *Veneciafrenia* (2022), Producer, Screenplay, Director
- *30 Coins* (2020), series, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *70 Big Ones* (2019), Producer
- *Up Among the Stars* (2018), Producer
- *Una vez en la vida* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil* (2018), Producer
- *Perfect Strangers* (2017), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Bar* (2017), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Heirs of the Beast* (2016), Actor
- *My Big Night* (2015), Director, Screenplay
- *Words with Gods* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas* (2014), Script Consultant
- *Shrew's Nest* (2014), Producer
- *Messi* (2014), Director
- *Siniestro Total: Que parezca un accidente* (2014), as Álex de la Iglesia
- *24 cines por segundo* (2013), Actor
- *Witching & Bitching* (2013), Screenplay, Director
- *As Luck Would Have It* (2011), Director
- *The Last Circus* (2010), Writer, Director
- *Spanish Movie* (2009), as Trilero
- *La tragedia de Franco* (2009), Director
- *Plutón BRB Nero* (2008), series, Director, Creator
- *Flesh on Flesh* (2008), Actor
- *The Oxford Murders* (2008), Screenplay, Producer, Director
- *The Baby's Room* (2006), Director, Screenplay
- *The Code* (2006), Director
- *Hitler Lives!* (2006), Director
- *The Ferpect Crime* (2004), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Noin* (2003), as Álex de la Iglesia
- *800 Bullets* (2002), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Common Wealth* (2000), Screenplay, Director
- *Heart of the Warrior* (2000), Thanks
- *Dying of Laughter* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Dance with the Devil* (1997), Director, Screenplay
- *The Day of the Beast* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *Mutant Action* (1993), Director, Writer
- *Killer Mirindas* (1992), Director, Screenplay, Production Design
- *Todo por la pasta* (1991), Production Design
- *Mama* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Enfrentados: Ébano*, Producer
- *La Cuidadora*, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Crappy Birthday To You*, Director
- *Hold the Devil*, Director
- *Ages of Madness: The Howling of the Jinn*, Director

## Gallery

- ![The film team of The Bar on the red carpet at the Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/1296627/gallery-72638901374f.jpg) The film team of The Bar on the red carpet at the Berlinale 2017 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/MJK35266-68_El_Bar_%28Berlinale_2017%29.jpg/1280px-MJK35266-68_El_Bar_%28Berlinale_2017%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ALEX DE LA IGLESIA, fotografía de Chus García (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/1296627/gallery-7cb7378572c1.jpg) ALEX DE LA IGLESIA, fotografía de Chus García (2023) — Carmoranro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/1-alex-de-la-iglesias-portada.jpg/1280px-1-alex-de-la-iglesias-portada.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The director Álex de la Iglesia presenting the movie The Bar at the Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/1296627/gallery-bb9432287b39.jpg) The director Álex de la Iglesia presenting the movie The Bar at the Berlinale 2017 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/MJK34836_%C3%81lex_de_la_Iglesia_%28El_Bar%2C_Berlinale_2017%29.jpg/1280px-MJK34836_%C3%81lex_de_la_Iglesia_%28El_Bar%2C_Berlinale_2017%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Argazkia / Fotografía: Iñigo Royo (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/1296627/gallery-ad7e66904003.jpg) Argazkia / Fotografía: Iñigo Royo (2014) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Musara%C3%B1as_filmako_ekipoa_Antzoki_Zaharrean_-_Equipo_de_Musara%C3%B1as_en_el_Teatro_Principal_%2815455658787%29.jpg/1280px-Musara%C3%B1as_filmako_ekipoa_Antzoki_Zaharrean_-_Equipo_de_Musara%C3%B1as_en_el_Teatro_Principal_%2815455658787%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Álex de la Iglesia](https://film.one/media/person/1296627/gallery-06dc52709bd9.jpg) Álex de la Iglesia — Image via TMDB
- ![Álex de la Iglesia](https://film.one/media/person/1296627/gallery-997f49a587c2.jpg) Álex de la Iglesia — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/MJK34833_%C3%81lex_de_la_Iglesia_%28El_Bar%2C_Berlinale_2017%29.jpg/1280px-MJK34833_%C3%81lex_de_la_Iglesia_%28El_Bar%2C_Berlinale_2017%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won, 3 nominated

- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts 2020: Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (won)
- silver Medal of the Community of Madrid 2016: silver Medal of the Community of Madrid (won)
- Silver Lion 2010: Silver Lion (won), for *The Last Circus*
- European Film Award for Best Director 2005: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Crimen Ferpecto*
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2005: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Crimen Ferpecto*
- Time Machine Award 2005: Time Machine Award (won)
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2001: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (nominated), for *La comunidad*
- Goya Award for Best Director 1996: Goya Award for Best Director (won), for *The Day of the Beast*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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