Iggy Crespop

Ignacio Crespo Valdez (Caracas, Venezuela, 1972), also know as Iggy Crepop, is a filmmaker, visual artist, and audiovisual creator.

His artistic journey began in the 1980s as the bassist of a punk rock band. During the 1990s, he studied music at the conservatory, trained as an actor with Teatro y Mimos de Venezuela, and pursued Sociology at the Central University of Venezuela. At the same time, he became involved in filmmaking, working on several short and feature films, including Silvia Toma un Baño by Enrique Blein and Celestial Clockwork by Fina Torres, where he served as assistant director during pre-production and operated the Super 8 camera for one sequence.

In 1995, he co-founded the Caracas Collective for Artistic Production (CRAC) and directed his first short film, AEIOU, Rómulo Knows More Than You, in which he also starred. He later directed Gris (1999), shot on 16mm.