Nacho Vigalondo

Ignacio Vigalondo Palacios born 6 April 1977 better known as Nacho Vigalondo is a Spanish filmmaker Vigalondos first film was the 2003 Spanishlanguage short film 735 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 costarred Vigalondos next film was the 2011 Spanishlanguage alien invasion film Extraterrestre In 2011 it was reported that Vigalondo was recruited to direct a film adaptation of Mark Millars Supercrooks 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 In 2014 he also released Open Windows a technothriller film that marked his Englishlanguage debut Vigalondos most recent film is Colossal which he wrote and directed The film 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 Vigalondos latest directorial effort is the Hulu original film Pooka released December 2018 in the Into the Dark series