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Ignacio "Nacho" Vigalondo Palacios (born 6 April 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.


Career

Vigalondo's first film was the 2003 Spanish-language short film '' 7:35 in the Morning'', about a suicide bomber who terrorizes a cafe, which was only eight minutes long. The film won significant accolades: it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, got another Best Short Film Award nomination at the European Film Awards, and received the Bronze Moon of Valencia at the Cinema Jove – Valencia International Film Festival, and the Prix UIP Drama at the Drama Short Film Festival. He finished his first full-length feature film, '' Los Cronocrímenes'' (English title: ''Timecrimes''), in 2007, in which he also co-starred. Vigalondo's next film was the 2011 Spanish-language alien invasion film '' Extraterrestre''. In 2011, it was reported that Vigalondo was recruited to direct a film adaptation of Mark Millar's ''Supercrooks''. From 2012 to 2014 he wrote and directed a segment in three different anthology
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s: '' The ABCs of Death'', '' The Profane Exhibit'', and '' VHS: Viral''. In 2014 he also released '' Open Windows'', a techno-thriller film that marked his English-language debut. Vigalondo's wrote and directed the 2016 film '' Colossal'', which is a twist on the Kaiju genre and an homage to the Godzilla franchise. Before starting production on ''Colossal'', Vigalondo described his plan as to make a serious film with "old school" practical effects on a low budget. Vigalondo's directed the Hulu original film '' Pooka'', released December 2018 in the ''Into the Dark'' series. Vigalondo directed the first two episodes of the first season of the superhero comedy series '' The Neighbor'' (released in 2019) and the entire second season of the Ancient-Rome-set comedy series '' Justo antes de Cristo'' (released in 2020), as well the episode "La alarma" from season two of anthology horror series '' Stories to Stay Awake''.


Filmography


Short film

Acting roles


Feature film

Acting roles


Television

Acting roles


See also

* List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees


References


External links

* * 1977 births Living people People from the Saja and Nansa Valleys Actors from Cantabria Film directors from Cantabria Spanish film directors Spanish science fiction film directors 21st-century Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-actor-stub