Elio Quiroga

Elio Quiroga Rodríguez is a Spanish filmmaker and writer from the Canary Islands. His work is primarily devoted to the fantasy genre.{{Cite web|url=https://diariodeavisos.elespanol.com/2021/02/el-cineasta-elio-quiroga-recibe-el-premio-s-s-venture-del-festival-isla-calavera/|website=Diario de Avisos|via=El Español|date=16 February 2021|title=El cineasta Elio Quiroga recibe el Premio S. S. Venture del Festival Isla Calavera}}

Life and career

Born in Las Palmas, Elio Quiroga Rodríguez studied a degree on informatics from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovincia.es/cultura/2022/04/27/tiempo-sucio-futuro-distopico-elio-65457229.html|title=‘Tiempo sucio’, el futuro distópico de Elio Quiroga se presenta en la Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|website=La Provincia}} His debut feature film as a director, surreal melodrama Fotos (1996), is considered to have attained cult status.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodeleon.es/cultura/61226/1086139/elio-quiroga-mezcla-terror-leyenda-religiosa-do.html|website=Diario de León|title=Elio Quiroga mezcla terror y leyenda religiosa en "No-Do"|date=26 December 2006|first=Mercedes|last=Cerviño}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20070914/cultura/hachazos-20070914.html|website=El Correo|date=14 September 2007|first=Borja|last=Crespo|title=A hachazos|publisher=Grupo Vocento}} 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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4231504/0/la-estrategia-del-pequines-premio-al-mejor-largometraje-en-el-detective-crime-thriller-film-festival/|website=20minutos.es|date=18 April 2020|title='La estrategia del pequinés', Premio al Mejor Largometraje en el Detective Crime Thriller Film Festival}} 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.

As a fiction writer, he has penned novels such as Los que sueñan, Niños del sol, Astral and Tiempo sucio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovincia.es/cultura/2020/12/01/novelista-canario-elio-quiroga-gana-25805609.html|website=La Provincia|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|date=1 December 2020|title=El novelista canario Elio Quiroga gana el Premio de Novela Juvenil y de Fantasía Malas Artes}}

References

Category:Spanish fantasy writers

Category:Spanish male screenwriters

Category:21st-century Spanish screenwriters

Category:Film directors from the Canary Islands

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)