Arantxa Aguirre
Born: 1965-01-01 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Known For: Directing
Biography
Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira (Madrid, 1965) is a Spanish documentary director, screenwriter, and writer. The daughter of actress Enriqueta Carballeira and film director Javier Aguirre, she has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in film, working as an assistant director for filmmakers such as Mario Camus, Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Saura, and Luis García Berlanga, among others. She also holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology and has published two books: 'Buñuel, lector de Galdós' (winner of the Pérez Galdós Research Prize in 2003) and '34 actores hablan de su oficio' (Ed. Cátedra, 2008), the latter a sequel to her documentary 'Hécuba, un sueño de pasión'.
Filmography
2025
- La conquista de la democracia ... (Director)
- Freedom to Dreams ... (Writer)
2020
- Zurbarán y sus doce hijos ... (Director)
2018
- El amor y la muerte ... (Director)
2017
- Dancing Beethoven ... (Director)
2014
- Una rosa para Soler ... (Director)
2013
- Gira por China ... (Director)
2011
- Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier ... (Writer)
- An American Swan in Paris ... (Director)
2010
- El esfuerzo y el ánimo ... (Director)
2007
- El primer siglo del Prado ... (Director)
2006
- Hécuba: un sueño de pasión ... (Director)
2003
- Un instante en la vida ajena ... (Writer)
1993
- Shadows in a Conflict ... (Assistant Director)
1991
- High Heels ... (Second Assistant Director)
1990
- Ay, Carmela! ... (Third Assistant Director)