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Nacho Vigalondo is an Oscar-nominated Spanish filmmaker.
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| name = Nacho Vigalondo
| image = Nacho Vigalondo at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 2.jpg
| caption = Vigalondo at the 2024 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|04|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cabezón de la Sal]], Spain
| birth_name = Ignacio Vigalondo Palacios
| occupation = {{Hlist|Film director|television director|screenwriter|producer|actor}}
| years_active = 2002–present
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'''Ignacio "Nacho" Vigalondo Palacios''' (born 6 April 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crossingeurope.at/index.php?bereich=filme_anzeigen_2009.php&filmid=84 |work=[[Crossing Europe]] |title=Los cronocrimenes |year=2007 |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426092017/http://www.crossingeurope.at/index.php?bereich=filme_anzeigen_2009.php&filmid=84 |archive-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{film-bio-stub}}

==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 [[77th Academy Awards|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&nbsp;– 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.obscurehorror.com/contest-timecrimes.php |title="Time Crimes" Giveaway |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104093135/http://obscurehorror.com/contest-timecrimes.php |archive-date=4 January 2010 |access-date=14 December 2018 |work=Obscure Horror}}</ref>

Vigalondo's next film was the 2011 Spanish-language alien invasion film ''[[Extraterrestrial (2011 film)|Extraterrestre]]''.

In 2011, it was reported that Vigalondo was recruited to direct a film adaptation of [[Mark Millar]]'s ''Supercrooks''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |title='Timecrimes' Director Adapting Mark Millar's Comic Book 'Supercrooks' |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/timecrimes-director-to-adapt-mark-millars-comic-book-supercrooks/ |access-date=6 June 2011 |work=First Showing |date=19 May 2011 |quote=Bleeding Cool reports ''Timecrimes'' director Nacho Vigalondo will be at the helm of an adaptation of the forthcoming comic book ''Supercrooks'' from Marvel Icon.}}</ref>

From 2012 to 2014 he wrote and directed a segment in three different [[anthology film|anthology]] [[horror film]]s: ''[[The ABCs of Death]]'', ''[[The Profane Exhibit]]'', and ''[[VHS: Viral]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tinnin |first=Drew |title='VHS: Viral' – Gorgeous Vortex Impressions |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/90225/vhs-viral-gorgeous-vortex-impressions/ |access-date=6 June 2011 |work=[[Dread Central]] |date=19 May 2011 |quote=''Parallel Monsters'' director Nacho Vigalondo of the anthology VHS Viral.}}</ref> In 2014 he also released ''[[Open Windows (film)|Open Windows]]'', a [[techno-thriller]] film that marked his English-language debut.

Vigalondo's wrote and directed the 2016 film ''[[Colossal (film)|Colossal]]'', which is a twist on the [[Kaiju]] genre and an homage to the [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] franchise. Before starting production on ''Colossal'', Vigalondo described his plan as to make a serious film with "old school" [[practical effect]]s on a low budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/69826/nacho-vigalondo-wants-make-old-school-kaiju-movie/ |title=Nacho Vigalondo Wants to Make an Old School Kaiju Movie |last=Squires |first=John |work=[[Dread Central]] |date=September 23, 2014 |access-date=14 December 2018 }}</ref>

Vigalondo's directed the Hulu original film ''[[Pooka!|Pooka]]'', released December 2018 in the [[Into the Dark (TV series)|''Into the Dark'']] series.

Vigalondo directed the first two episodes of the first season of the superhero comedy series ''[[The Neighbor (TV series)|The Neighbor]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/series-tv/nacho-vigalondo-superheroe-20191231113922-ntrc.html|website=[[El Correo]]|first=Oslar|last=Belategui|date=31 December 2019|title=Nacho Vigalondo: "Mi superhéroe favorito es Alan Moore"}}</ref> (released in 2019) and the entire second season of the Ancient-Rome-set comedy series ''[[Justo antes de Cristo]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/tv/noticia-vigalondo-dirige-temporada-justo-antes-cristo-mentira-espana-sepamos-reirnos-nosotros-mismos-20200304171626.html|website=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|date=4 March 2020|title=Vigalondo dirige la 2ª temporada de Justo antes de Cristo: "Es mentira que en España sepamos reírnos de nosotros mismos"}}</ref> (released in 2020), as well the episode "La alarma" from season two of anthology horror series ''[[Stories to Stay Awake (2021 TV series)|Stories to Stay Awake]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20221011/8564084/asi-son-nuevas-historias-dormir-tele-mortal-vampiros-eterna-juventud-lluvia-acida.html|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|title=Las nuevas ‘Historias para no dormir’: una tele mortal, vampiros, eterna juventud y lluvia ácida|first=Leonor|last=Mayor Ortega|first2=Astrid|last2=Meseguer|date=11 October 2022}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Short film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!width=65| Director
!width=65| Writer
! Notes
|-
| 2001
| ''Código 7''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also cinematographer
|-
| 2003
| ''[[7:35 in the Morning]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Nominated- [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]]
|-
| 2005
| ''Domingo''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Marisa''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2012
| ''A is for Apocalypse''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Segment of ''[[The ABCs of Death]]''
|-
| 2013
| ''Sins of the Fathers''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Segment of ''[[The Profane Exhibit]]''
|-
| 2014
| ''Parallel Monsters''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Segment of ''[[V/H/S: Viral]]''
|-
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 2001
| ''Código 7''
|rowspan=2| Tipo
|-
| 2003
| ''[[7:35 in the Morning]]''
|-
|}

=== Feature film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!width=65| Director
!width=65| Writer
!width=65| Producer
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Timecrimes]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Extraterrestrial (2011 film)|Extraterrestrial]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Open Windows (film)|Open Windows]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Colossal (film)|Colossal]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Paradise Hills (film)|Paradise Hills]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Daniela Forever]]''<ref>{{Cite web|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/henry-golding-nacho-vigalondo-madrid-sci-fi-movie-daniela-forever-efm-1235253308/#comments|title=Henry Golding To Star In Nacho Vigalondo’s Madrid-Set Sci-Fi Romance ‘Daniela Forever’ — EFM|date=8 February 2023|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Timecrimes]]''
| The Scientist
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Open Windows (film)|Open Windows]]''
| Richy Gabilondo
|-
| 2015
| ''Camino''
| Guillermo
|-
| 2021
| ''El Planeta''
| Older Man
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!width=65| Director
!width=65| Writer
!width=65| Executive<br>Producer
! Notes
|-
| 2001
| ''Gran hermano''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 9 episodes
|-
| 2005
| ''Agitación + IVA''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 2007
| ''Las aventuras galácticas de Jaime de Funes y Arancha''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| TV short
|-
| 2008-2010
| ''[[Muchachada Nui]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Pooka!]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Segment of ''[[Into the Dark (TV series)|Into the Dark]]''
|-
| 2019-2021
| ''Vigalondo Midnight Madness''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 18 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''Los Felices veinte''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Historias para no dormir]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "La alarma"
|-
| {{TBA}}
| ''[[Superestar]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Vertele!|via=[[eldiario.es]]|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/series/netflix-lanza-nuevas-fotos-superestar-muestra-detalle-caracterizacion-yurena-paco-porras-compania_1_11497882.html|title=Netflix lanza nuevas fotos de 'Superestar' y muestra en detalle la caracterización de su Yurena, Paco Porras y compañía|date=3 July 2024}}</ref>
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Veneno (TV series)|Veneno]]''
| {{ill|Juan Antonio Canta|es}} || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|date=6 October 2020|title=De cuando ‘Veneno’ puso a España frente al espejo|first=Mario|last=Ximénez|url=https://www.vogue.es/living/articulos/veneno-serie-capitulo-5|website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan = "2" | 2023
| ''[[La Mesías]]'' || || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/series-tv/2023-09-15/la-mesias-estreno-los-javis-movistar_3735853/|website=[[El Confidencial]]|title='La Mesías', la serie de Los Javis para Movistar Plus+, ya tiene fecha de estreno|date=15 September 2023|first=B|last=Molina}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Other Side (TV series)|El otro lado]]'' (''The Other Side'') || Gorka Romero || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|website=[[El Cultural]]|via=[[El Español]]|first=Enric|last=Albero|title='El otro lado': Berto Romero, Iker Jiménez y el fantasma del buen periodismo|date=23 September 2023|url=https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/blogs/en_plan_serie/20230923/lado-berto-romero-iker-jimenez-fantasma-buen-periodismo/796540340_12.html}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.nachovigalondo.com/}}
*{{IMDb name|1443023}}

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Latest revision as of 10:39, 5 December 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vigalondo and the second or maternal family name is Palacios.
Nacho Vigalondo
Vigalondo at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Ignacio Vigalondo Palacios

(1977-04-06) 6 April 1977 (age 47)
Cabezón de la Sal, Spain
Occupations
  • Film director
  • television director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • actor
Years active2002–present

Ignacio "Nacho" Vigalondo Palacios (born 6 April 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.[1]

Career

[edit]

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.[2]

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.[3]

From 2012 to 2014 he wrote and directed a segment in three different anthology horror films: The ABCs of Death, The Profane Exhibit, and VHS: Viral.[4] 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.[5]

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[6] (released in 2019) and the entire second season of the Ancient-Rome-set comedy series Justo antes de Cristo[7] (released in 2020), as well the episode "La alarma" from season two of anthology horror series Stories to Stay Awake.[8]

Filmography

[edit]

Short film

[edit]
Year Title Director Writer Notes
2001 Código 7 Yes Yes Also cinematographer
2003 7:35 in the Morning Yes Yes Nominated- Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
2005 Domingo Yes Yes
2009 Marisa Yes Yes
2012 A is for Apocalypse Yes Yes Segment of The ABCs of Death
2013 Sins of the Fathers Yes Yes Segment of The Profane Exhibit
2014 Parallel Monsters Yes Yes Segment of V/H/S: Viral

Acting roles

Year Title Role
2001 Código 7 Tipo
2003 7:35 in the Morning

Feature film

[edit]
Year Title Director Writer Producer
2007 Timecrimes Yes Yes No
2011 Extraterrestrial Yes Yes Yes
2014 Open Windows Yes Yes No
2016 Colossal Yes Yes No
2019 Paradise Hills No Yes No
2024 Daniela Forever[9] Yes Yes Yes

Acting roles

Year Title Role
2007 Timecrimes The Scientist
2014 Open Windows Richy Gabilondo
2015 Camino Guillermo
2021 El Planeta Older Man

Television

[edit]
Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer 		Notes
2001 Gran hermano Yes No No 9 episodes
2005 Agitación + IVA Yes No No
2007 Las aventuras galácticas de Jaime de Funes y Arancha Yes No No TV short
2008-2010 Muchachada Nui No Yes No 3 episodes
2018 Pooka! Yes No No Segment of Into the Dark
2019-2021 Vigalondo Midnight Madness No Yes No 18 episodes
2020 Los Felices veinte No Yes Yes
2021 Historias para no dormir No Yes No Episode "La alarma"
TBA Superestar Yes Yes [10]

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020 Veneno Juan Antonio Canta [es] [11]
2023 La Mesías [12]
El otro lado (The Other Side) Gorka Romero [13]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Los cronocrimenes". Crossing Europe. 2007. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ ""Time Crimes" Giveaway". Obscure Horror. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ Anderton, Ethan (19 May 2011). "'Timecrimes' Director Adapting Mark Millar's Comic Book 'Supercrooks'". First Showing. Retrieved 6 June 2011. Bleeding Cool reports Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo will be at the helm of an adaptation of the forthcoming comic book Supercrooks from Marvel Icon.
  4. ^ Tinnin, Drew (19 May 2011). "'VHS: Viral' – Gorgeous Vortex Impressions". Dread Central. Retrieved 6 June 2011. Parallel Monsters director Nacho Vigalondo of the anthology VHS Viral.
  5. ^ Squires, John (September 23, 2014). "Nacho Vigalondo Wants to Make an Old School Kaiju Movie". Dread Central. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. ^ Belategui, Oslar (31 December 2019). "Nacho Vigalondo: "Mi superhéroe favorito es Alan Moore"". El Correo.
  7. ^ "Vigalondo dirige la 2ª temporada de Justo antes de Cristo: "Es mentira que en España sepamos reírnos de nosotros mismos"". Europa Press. 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ Mayor Ortega, Leonor; Meseguer, Astrid (11 October 2022). "Las nuevas 'Historias para no dormir': una tele mortal, vampiros, eterna juventud y lluvia ácida". La Vanguardia.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (8 February 2023). "Henry Golding To Star In Nacho Vigalondo's Madrid-Set Sci-Fi Romance 'Daniela Forever' — EFM". Deadline Hollywood.
  10. ^ "Netflix lanza nuevas fotos de 'Superestar' y muestra en detalle la caracterización de su Yurena, Paco Porras y compañía". Vertele!. 3 July 2024 – via eldiario.es.
  11. ^ Ximénez, Mario (6 October 2020). "De cuando 'Veneno' puso a España frente al espejo". Vogue.
  12. ^ Molina, B (15 September 2023). "'La Mesías', la serie de Los Javis para Movistar Plus+, ya tiene fecha de estreno". El Confidencial.
  13. ^ Albero, Enric (23 September 2023). "'El otro lado': Berto Romero, Iker Jiménez y el fantasma del buen periodismo". El Cultural – via El Español.
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