Nacho Vigalondo

Directing

Nacho Vigalondo

Born

1977-04-06 (49)

Place of birth

Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria, Spain

Known for

Directing

Credits

94 titles

Ignacio Vigalondo Palacios (born 6 April 1977), better known as Nacho Vigalondo, is a Spanish filmmaker. 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 200…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 10 titles

The Critic poster
6.0

A portrait of film critic Carlos Boyero, one of the most followed and feared figures in Spanish cinema, surrounded by controversy and both love and hate.

The Critic

2022

I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me poster
6.4

A writer's career — and entire life — suddenly goes off script when he falls prey to a dangerous web of criminals right before moving to Barcelona.

I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me

2023

[REC]: Horror Without Pause poster
7.0

The horror film [REC], directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, and released in 2007, was an unprecedented triumph for Spanish fantasy cinema. Fifteen years later, those responsible for the creation and worldwide success of this cinematic milestone decode its keys and resurrect the myth.

[REC]: Horror Without Pause

2022

El Planeta poster
6.1

Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.

El Planeta

2021

I'm Still a Superstar poster
6.2

This documentary explores Yurena's meteoric rise to fame as Tamara, the media frenzy she faced in the 2000s and the present-day lives of her TV rivals.

I'm Still a Superstar

2025

A nadie le importas poster
10.0

A comedian hungry for fame sees his career threatened after a controversial joke reaches social media. A public apology unexpectedly takes him to the most-watched television programme, but another joke turns triumph into dismissal and public rejection, forcing him to face the unstable bargain between visibility, popularity and belonging.

A nadie le importas

2025

This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) poster
10.0

When her father and uncles die, Jone (Josemi's daughter) decides to make a documentary about the Ibarretxe Brothers. Pioneers in the Basque audiovisual sector, creative, cheeky and always up to something, they were devoted to cinema made in Euskadi long before it was a reality. Analysing their films and talking to people who accompanied them (Stephen Fry, Echanove, Ramon Barea, Santiago Segura, José Luis Rebordinos), Jone gradually comes to realise that their cinema is nothing more than a faithful reflection of their own selves.

This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers)

2024

Tribute poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tribute

2025

La Historia Interminable poster
10.0

Jorge Ponce made this neverending videoclip so it could be played during the entire Macaco interview. A spanish TV parody from "La Resistencia".

La Historia Interminable

2020

Tough poster
10.0

A film about sexist violence, structured through several independent stories in which actors portray characters of the opposite sex. By using gender-swapped casting, the film explores how reversing traditional roles can shift our understanding of power dynamics and the conflicts that emerge from them.

Tough

2025

2010s · 20 titles

Open Windows poster
5.1

Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.

Open Windows

2014

As Luck Would Have It poster
6.0

Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life ...

As Luck Would Have It

2011

Ghost Burger poster
6.8

Two kids go hunting for ghosts to help their dad run a burger cafe. An epic sequel to Hardcastle's "T is For Toilet" segment of the horror anthology film "The ABCs of Death", it takes place 12 years after the accident.

Ghost Burger

2013

Get Her... If You Can poster
5.7

Roberto and Daniela are two siblings who live in a world of wealth and glamor thanks to the shipping company they inherited from their father. Both share the direction of the company, although they have a completely opposite attitude to life: Daniela is thorough and perfectionist; Roberto, on the other hand, is a visionary genius who hates the meticulousness of his sister. However, both find the way out of their disagreements when they fall in love with the same woman: Isabel (Dolera), a monologist who Roberto has hired to seduce Daniela and so be as fun as she was before taking the address of the company.

Get Her... If You Can

2019

No artwork available
5.0

Xabi and Sara break up just before their holiday trip. She leaves the house and Xabi stays alone. At first he doesn't seem to be affected, but soon weird things will start to happen as he feels sick with a strange disease. When he finally understands what is going on he'll have to make a decision that could change his life forever.

Cabás

2012

Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD poster
6.8

A long overdue documentary that tells the story of 2000AD, the unsung cult hero of the comics industry. This film will celebrate and pay respect to the comic and explore its importance and influence on contemporary pop culture.

Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD

2014

Wild Session poster
6.8

A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.

Wild Session

2019

Cult of Terror poster
6.8

A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic cinema; a whole international spiritual community united under the cathartic shadow of horror.

Cult of Terror

2017

Camino poster
4.9

A photojournalist gets more than she bargained for when she snaps a photo of a shadowy religious figure in the jungles of Colombia, triggering a flight – and fight – for her life.

Camino

2016

Possessed poster
6.2

Trini, a world-renowned flamenco dancer, abandons the stage after suffering a personal tragedy.

Possessed

2015

Blade Runner: Mundos Replicantes poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Blade Runner: Mundos Replicantes

2018

No te metas en política: el documental poster
6.5

Comedians Facu Díaz and Miguel Maldonado, along with filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo as host, tell the brief story of “No te metas en política,” a Spanish late-night talk show that was broadcast online between 2016 and 2019.

No te metas en política: el documental

2019

Se busca cómico para película poster
6.0

Documentary about new actors in Spain.

Se busca cómico para película

2012

Videoclub poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Videoclub

2015

Carne cruda poster
4.0

In "Raw meat" we meet Quico and Andrew, two salesmen. A weekend in the countryside leads them to fall into the trap of a sect of cannibals led by Maruja, an old hippie specialist in the preparation of human kebabs .... Kill or be killed? That is the question... When life gets tough, there's nothing better than raw meat.

Carne cruda

2011

TU MADRE ES PVTA: detrás del éxito poster
10.0

The legendary shock rock band from the 90s returns to the stage after being gone for more than a decade. This Mockumentary tells the story of this return to public life and the evolution of the members during these years.

TU MADRE ES PVTA: detrás del éxito

2016

Ayudar al ojo humano poster
5.0

At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of Gnostic spells perpetrated in India affected a Spanish priest, ending his honor and his life and cursing his offspring forever. Harassed by this spell, his great-great grandson, also a priest, is forced to flee from the town to the capital and from there to a cathedral submerged in the depths of the ocean. Black magicians, delinquents, insects, archons and even Satan himself will be some of the sinister characters he will have to face in order to succeed in his evangelizing adventure.

Ayudar al ojo humano

2017

#AbroHilo poster
5.5

Humor shapes the way Spaniards interact on Twitter: all sorts of topics can be used to make a joke and many anonymous commentators can become celebrities and compete with professional comedians. But sometimes certain jokes that defy political correctness have a high price for those who dare to make them, jokes that can freeze the smiles of thousands of people whose prejudices can put an end to some very successful artistic careers.

#AbroHilo

2019

Queridos monstruos poster
5.5

An overview of the history of fantasy and horror cinema from the 1960s to the present day. Co-productions, the financing system, the Matesa case, the Miró Law, and the “back-to-back” system are some of the topics discussed firsthand by those involved.

Queridos monstruos

2014

No artwork available
4.0

A crazy brief depiction of what would happen during our last day in this sociopathic world.

Bienvenidos al Fin del Mundo

2015

2000s · 14 titles

Timecrimes poster
7.0

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

Timecrimes

2007

Día "V" poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Día "V"

2006

No artwork available
6.0

Can fiction surpass reality?

La gran revelación

2007

El Tren de la Bruja poster
6.3

A man volunteers to take part in an experiment that attempts to analyse human behaviour under extreme conditions of terror. His mission is to remain seated inside a dark room for a length of time of 15 minutes. If he manages to hold on, he will receive in return a generous sum of money. Is it possible to terrify an individual who knows beforehand that everything is a farce?

El Tren de la Bruja

2003

El elefante del rey poster
6.4

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second Spanish Republic, the communist movement and many other things; a royal hunting that marks the beginning of a bizarre story of jealousy, passion, political intrigues and taxidermy.

El elefante del rey

2003

La máquina de bailar poster
4.1

After accidentally killing the albino boa of his boss, and in search of money to buy a new one, Dani and his colleagues sign up for the first national competition of Dance Dance Revolution.

La máquina de bailar

2006

No artwork available
4.0

Rosa chooses her own adventure...

La Aventura de Rosa

2008

Choque poster
6.2

A couple discovers a bumper car floor. When there some youngsters appear, the man gets caught into a personal battle with himself.

Choque

2005

No artwork available
7.0

Carol just came out of prison, Miki doesn't know shit from clay, however, they get start working on the perfect heist: stealing 50 million from an old hermit who keeps them under the mattress.

Huida A Toca Teja

2005

7:35 in the Morning poster
7.0

A woman enters a restaurant one morning – only to be met with silence instead of people talking.

7:35 in the Morning

2003

Foxy Lady poster
NR

An attractive journalist attempts to interview a writer of ill reputation.

Foxy Lady

2007

No artwork available
2.0

Pilot episode for a tv show that never got made, adapting César Velasco Broca's homonymous comic book.

Las aventuras galácticas de Jaime de Funes y Arancha

2007

Código 7 poster
6.2

Palmer Eldritch wakes up in the morning and makes coffee, not knowing that he is trapped in a virtual reality world and without a clue about his true identity. Nacho Vigalondo's legendary sci-fi epic.

Código 7

2002

Snuff 2000 poster
6.5

Two disquieting characters dressed in rubber suits and wearing old rubber masks shoot peculiar movies in which they actually kill real people to attain a supposed satisfaction from the viewer.

Snuff 2000

2002

Series credits

Behind the camera

Timecrimes poster
7.0

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

Timecrimes

2007

Timecrimes poster
7.0

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

Timecrimes

2007

V/H/S: Viral poster
4.8

As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought to exploit the suffering of others for amusement on the Internet become the stars of a gruesome viral video from which no one gets out alive.

V/H/S: Viral

2014

V/H/S: Viral poster
4.8

As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought to exploit the suffering of others for amusement on the Internet become the stars of a gruesome viral video from which no one gets out alive.

V/H/S: Viral

2014

Colossal poster
6.3

A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

Colossal

2017

Colossal poster
6.3

A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

Colossal

2017

The ABCs of Death poster
4.9

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

The ABCs of Death

2013

The ABCs of Death poster
4.9

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

The ABCs of Death

2013

Paradise Hills poster
5.9

A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

Paradise Hills

2019

Open Windows poster
5.1

Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.

Open Windows

2014

Open Windows poster
5.1

Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.

Open Windows

2014

Daniela Forever poster
6.4

A man struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of his girlfriend in an accident six months prior signs up for a sleep trial that allows him to reconstruct his life with her through the use of lucid dreams.

Daniela Forever

2025

Daniela Forever poster
6.4

A man struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of his girlfriend in an accident six months prior signs up for a sleep trial that allows him to reconstruct his life with her through the use of lucid dreams.

Daniela Forever

2025

Daniela Forever poster
6.4

A man struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of his girlfriend in an accident six months prior signs up for a sleep trial that allows him to reconstruct his life with her through the use of lucid dreams.

Daniela Forever

2025

Pooka! poster
5.9

A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develops two personalities—one when he's in the suit and one that's outside it.

Pooka!

2018

The Profane Exhibit poster
3.4

Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a private gathering place of the world's richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant yet frightening Madame Sabatier. For their amusement each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of depravity.

The Profane Exhibit

2013

El Tren de la Bruja poster
6.3

A man volunteers to take part in an experiment that attempts to analyse human behaviour under extreme conditions of terror. His mission is to remain seated inside a dark room for a length of time of 15 minutes. If he manages to hold on, he will receive in return a generous sum of money. Is it possible to terrify an individual who knows beforehand that everything is a farce?

El Tren de la Bruja

2003

Extraterrestrial poster
5.5

Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met?

Extraterrestrial

2011

Extraterrestrial poster
5.5

Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met?

Extraterrestrial

2011

Extraterrestrial poster
5.5

Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met?

Extraterrestrial

2011

This One, for the Lady poster
NR

Created for the "3:07 Project", promoting the release of "The Conjuring."

This One, for the Lady

2013

This One, for the Lady poster
NR

Created for the "3:07 Project", promoting the release of "The Conjuring."

This One, for the Lady

2013

Tribute poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tribute

2025

Tribute poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tribute

2025

Carlota poster
4.7

Our protagonist has devised a way to celebrate the exact moment in which he falls in love with Carlota. It's just that that moment hasn't arrived yet - But when it does-- it'll be just as wonderful as a dove in the dance-floor cheered on by a giant blow-up clown.

Carlota

2013

Carlota poster
4.7

Our protagonist has devised a way to celebrate the exact moment in which he falls in love with Carlota. It's just that that moment hasn't arrived yet - But when it does-- it'll be just as wonderful as a dove in the dance-floor cheered on by a giant blow-up clown.

Carlota

2013

Choque poster
6.2

A couple discovers a bumper car floor. When there some youngsters appear, the man gets caught into a personal battle with himself.

Choque

2005

Choque poster
6.2

A couple discovers a bumper car floor. When there some youngsters appear, the man gets caught into a personal battle with himself.

Choque

2005

No artwork available
5.5

Three science fiction stories told in three minutes.

Three Science Fiction Stories

2010

No artwork available
5.5

Three science fiction stories told in three minutes.

Three Science Fiction Stories

2010

Marisa poster
5.8

A man relates his relationship with a woman who he noticed would have a different personality depending on where she physically was. Over time she seems to change with smaller and smaller movements in space. Gradually she seems to change even though she isn't moving at all.

Marisa

2009

Marisa poster
5.8

A man relates his relationship with a woman who he noticed would have a different personality depending on where she physically was. Over time she seems to change with smaller and smaller movements in space. Gradually she seems to change even though she isn't moving at all.

Marisa

2009

No artwork available
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Pornografía

2003

The One in Charge poster
6.3

Martin, a child of nine years, is the one in charge in a class during the teacher’s absence. He has to write down at the blackboard the name of the students who talk. It seems an easy task ... until the bully of the class starts to speak.

The One in Charge

2008

The Fantastic Corpse poster
NR

The Fantastic Corpse is a short film project based on the exquisite corpse collaborative method. Dell Precision and AMD are working with creative content company Arts+Labor to bring five Fantastic Fest filmmakers together to create one short film, each filming an equal part, and continuing each others segment.

The Fantastic Corpse

2013

7:35 in the Morning poster
7.0

A woman enters a restaurant one morning – only to be met with silence instead of people talking.

7:35 in the Morning

2003

7:35 in the Morning poster
7.0

A woman enters a restaurant one morning – only to be met with silence instead of people talking.

7:35 in the Morning

2003

Confetti of the Mind: The Short Films of Nacho Vigolondo poster
NR

The definitive compilation of Nacho's most brilliant and unforgettable shorts. Collected for the first time and personally curated by Vigalondo himself and his longtime partner-in-crime , Nahikari Ipiña, CONFETTI features such favorites as CHOQUE, SUNDAY, MARISA, and CARLOTA, as well as a fresh introduction and thoughts by the man himself.

Confetti of the Mind: The Short Films of Nacho Vigolondo

2014

Change the World poster
5.2

A man finds out possessing a spectacular ability. The opportunity to make this world a better place rests in his hands. With great power comes great responsibility.

Change the World

2007

Change the World poster
5.2

A man finds out possessing a spectacular ability. The opportunity to make this world a better place rests in his hands. With great power comes great responsibility.

Change the World

2007