Elio Quiroga Rodríguez is a Spanish filmmaker and writer from the Canary Islands. His work is primarily devoted to the fantasy genre.[1]
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| Born | Elio Quiroga Rodríguez Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Education | University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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Life and career
editBorn in Las Palmas, Elio Quiroga Rodríguez studied a degree on informatics from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.[2][3] His debut feature film as a director, surreal melodrama Fotos (1996), is considered to have attained cult status.[4][5] It was followed by The Dark Hour (2006), The Haunting (2009), the documentary The Mystery of the King of Kinema (2015), and La estrategia del pequinés (2019).[3][2] He has also directed short films, including Sirena negra, El último minutero (which earned a nomination for the Goya Award for Best Documentary Short Film), and Whence comes the rain.[1]
As a fiction writer, he has penned novels such as Los que sueñan, Niños del sol, Astral and Tiempo sucio.[6][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "El cineasta Elio Quiroga recibe el Premio S. S. Venture del Festival Isla Calavera". Diario de Avisos. 16 February 2021 – via El Español.
- ^ a b "'La estrategia del pequinés', Premio al Mejor Largometraje en el Detective Crime Thriller Film Festival". 20minutos.es. 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "'Tiempo sucio', el futuro distópico de Elio Quiroga se presenta en la Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós". La Provincia. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Cerviño, Mercedes (26 December 2006). "Elio Quiroga mezcla terror y leyenda religiosa en «No-Do»". Diario de León.
- ^ Crespo, Borja (14 September 2007). "A hachazos". El Correo. Grupo Vocento.
- ^ "El novelista canario Elio Quiroga gana el Premio de Novela Juvenil y de Fantasía Malas Artes". La Provincia. Prensa Ibérica. 1 December 2020.
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