Born in Madrid, Santiago Segura started his career by making his first short movie at the age of fourteen. After studying Arts in Madrid, he finally decided to become a filmmaker. His first short film\u00a0Relatos de la medianoche\u00a0(1989) was made with a budget of only 7.000 pts. (about 60 dollars). After that, he appeared as a contestant in several Spanish TV quiz shows, such as\u00a0<\/p>\n
Locos por la tele\u00a0(1990) and\u00a0No te r\u00edas, que es peor\u00a0(1990). With the money he made of those appareances, he directed\u00a0Evilio.\u00a0(1992) and shortly after,\u00a0Perturbado\u00a0(1993), winning a Goya for the best short film in 1994. His last short film is the sequel\u00a0Evilio vuelve (El purificador)\u00a0(1994). He’s a very good friend of the Spanish director\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00c1lex de la Iglesia\u00a0and he has appeared in all of his films. In 1998, he directed his firt feature film, the smashing hit\u00a0Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley\u00a0(1998).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Born in Madrid, Santiago Segura started his career by making his first short movie at the age of fourteen. After studying Arts in Madrid, he finally decided to become a filmmaker. His first short film\u00a0Relatos de la medianoche\u00a0(1989) was made with a budget of only 7.000 pts. (about 60 dollars). After that, he appeared as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-30909","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n