Elio Quiroga

Elio Quiroga, is a Canarian film director, producer, screenwriter, and novelist. Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands), Elio studied Computer Science Engineering. In 1996 he directed the controversial feature film Fotos which was awarded Best Script and the Jury's Special Award at the Sitges International Film Festival, where it was enthusiastically praised by Quentin Tarantino. He has directed and produced also the short animated film "Home Delivery", from a short tale by Stephen King and presented by Guillermo del Toro. "No-Do", a horror movie sold to 20 territories was his third feature film as director, after the science fiction "La Hora Fria" which was sold 15 territories. As screenwriter, he is co-writer of "Ausentes", a horror film directed by Daniel Calparsoro. His animated short film "Me llamo María" qualified for the Oscars 2011. His 4th feature, documentary "The Mystery of the King of Kinema", about legendary silent film star Max Linder, won Special Mention of the Jury in the 2014 Gijón Film Festival and the 2016 Platinum Award in the Yakarta IFCOM. His 5th feature "La estrategia del pequinés" adapts noir best selling novel by Alexis Ravelo, and was released in Spain in 2019. He has published the novels "Idyll", "El Despertar", "Los Códices del Apocalipsis" and "Los que sueñan" which won the Minotauro Novel Award 2015, the most important science-fiction literary award in Spanish language. His last novel, the psychological thriller "Entre los sueños", was published in 2018 by Ediciones B.