Tonight, Alejandro Amenábar, the Spanish-Chilean film director and screenwriter who burst onto the international scene with his film ‘Mar Inside’, which won the Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005, will go have fun at El Hormiguero. Since then, he has become one of the most influential Spanish-speaking filmmakers in the industry and has an estate of several million and different real estate properties.
During his visit to Pablo Motos’ program, the director will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first film, ‘Tesis’, a feature film in the horror genre that made him rise to fame on the Hispanic scene. This first film, recorded at the Faculty of Information Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid, was awarded seven Goya awards and returns to the Sitges Horror Film Festival with a new remastered version.
However, these have not been his only two productions, as they also He has gone on to direct such successful films. as The Others, starring Nicole Kidman; While the war lasts, in which it narrates the events that occurred in Salamanca through the eyes of the writer and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno; or El Cautivo, his most recent work, which follows the story of Miguel de Cervantes.
Amenábar decided to found his own production company
All of this, films that have led him to achieve a great wealth, as he has commented in different interviews. In one of them, carried out in October 2025 for RTVE, he explained that his wealth can be valued at between 1 and 4 million euros. However, this money It has not been the result only of its successes at the box officebut also of your investments.
As he commented in said interview, he decided to create his own production company, Himenóptero SL, in 1992 with the aim of having creative freedom when directing and scripting his films. Something he has in common with the presenter of El Hormiguero, Pablo Motos, who also created his own production company when they asked him to direct said television program.
Amenábar explained that he has produced all of his feature films, which allowed him to receive a large part of the profits generated from them. Although his company closed with losses in 2019, thanks to the figures obtained by his film ‘While the war lasts’, he managed to receive a net profit of 577,082 euros. Figures that have been repeated in the last two years.
Although he always remembers José Luis Cuerda, director and screenwriter, who was his first support in the film industry. “José Luis Cuerda not only supported my talent, he taught me the value of creative and business independence. A heritage that is still alive today in Hymenoptero“he explained in the interview.
The director has a duplex penthouse in Madrid
However, his assets are not only made up of his production company and the figures he has in the bank, but also of eight properties located in the capital as well as in Seville and Santa Pola. “The most emblematic asset of my heritage is my penthouse in Madrid. When I found out that the owner had passed away, I didn’t doubt it. I acquired it and moved there with my current partner,” he explained.
He was referring to his duplex penthouse located between Plaza de España and the Royal Palace of Madrid. According to “Vanitatis”, the house has more than 400 square meters and three bedrooms, as well as four bathrooms. Currently, the value of the property is approximately seven million euros due to its location and size.
Likewise, he is a partner and co-owner of Freel, a Barcelona brand of urban and folding electric bicycles that was founded by his friend Dani Tizón. This has led him to have more capital to invest in his productions and accumulate a large asset. Today, 30 years after his first feature film, he arrives at El Hormiguero to celebrate what was the beginning of a long and successful career.