Elio Quiroga

Elio Quiroga was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). He started as video art and video installation artist. His first experimental videos are now into the Spanish Collection of the Museo Reina Sofía about Video Creation and Video Art.

Quiroga directed the controversial feature film Fotos which was awarded Best Script and the Jury’s Special Award at the Sitges International Film Festival in 1997, 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 40 territories was his third film as director, after the
sci-fi “La Hora Fria” which sold very well internationally too (35 territories). As screenwriter, he is cowriter of “Ausentes”, a horror film directed by Daniel
Calparsoro. His animated short film “Me llamo María” was selected for the Short List in the Oscars 2011.
His fourth feature film as director was the documentary “The Mystery of the King of Kinema”, about legendary silent film star Max Linder.

Quiroga has directed many commercials in the Canary Islands, Spain, and he is also a well known director of architectural an...

Elio Quiroga studied Computer Science Engineering in Escuela de Informática at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).

1990 – Radiografía de un rodaje (Fotografía) – Centro Insular de Cultura. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
1992- II Bienal de la imagen en movimiento ’92. Visionarios españoles. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Comisariado: Carlota Álvarez Basso y Joseba M. Lopezortega.
1993 – El pecado sintético (Copy-Art y Videoinstalación) – Centro Insular de Cultura. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
1994 – Casas de Colores 2 (Videoinstalación. Canal de video: “Pecado Original”) – Ayuntamiendo de Telde. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
1996- Señales de vídeo: aspectos de la videocreación española de los últimos años. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Itinerancia: -Excmo. Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (17 octubre - 20 noviembre, 1995); Institución Príncipe de Viana, Pamplona (23 octubre - 15 noviembre, 1995); Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca (19 diciembre - 21 enero, 1995-96); Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe, A Coruña (23 enero - 24 febrero, 1996); IVAM Centre Julio González, Valencia (15 febrero - 15 marzo, 1996); Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (26 septiembre - 27 octubre, 1996). Comisariado: Eugeni Bonet.
2003 – Gritos a la Carne (Web-Art, interactivo, html, online) – Gran Canari...