Alejandro Pérez Lugín

Alejandro Pérez Lugín
A memorial in Santiago de Compostela
Born	22 February 1870 Madrid, Spain
Died	5 September 1926 A Coruña, Spain
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, journalist

Alejandro Pérez Lugín (1870–1926) was a Spanish writer and film director. He attended University in Santiago de Compostela and a number of his books have Galician themes. His 1921 novel Currito of the Cross, which uses bullfighting as its backdrop, has been adapted into film four times. Pérez Lugin himself directed successful film adaptations of two of his works during the silent era.