Eloy de la Iglesia
- Born
- 1 January 1944
- Died
- 23 March 2006 (aged 62)
- Place of birth
- Zaráuz, Guipúscoa, Basque Provinces, Spain
- Birth name
- Eloy Germán de la Iglesia Diéguez
- Known for
- Writer
Spanish movies director. He studied cinema in Paris at the IDHEC. He began working in cinema in 1966, though he became famous in the years of the spanish transition to the democracy with provoking films. Drugs, delinquence, terrorism and generational problems are the common subjects in his films.
