Javier Aguirre
Born: 1935-06-13 in San Sebastián, España
Died: 2019-12-04
Known For: Directing
Biography
Javier Aguirre Fernández (June 13, 1935 – December 4, 2019) was a Spanish film director , writer and producer. Aguirre was born in Donostia-San Sebastián in Spain . Aguirre developed an interest in film at an early age. When he was a teenager, he started collaborating for entertainment magazines like Radiocinema , Film Ideal , and others. In 1955, when he was around 20 years old, he founded and directed the San Sebastián Film Club. From 1956 to 1957, Aguirre organized film courses and film festivals. During those years, he also studied at the Institute of Cinematographic Research and Experiences (IIEC). He worked as an assistant director until he started directing his own short films in the 1960s. He began his work as a director in 1961, directing a short documentary titled Pasajes tres , which received the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival . He had a prolific career, directing 45 feature films, 10 short films, 2 documentaries, and 25 documentary shorts. Aguirre also wrote and produced most of his films. Spanish horror movie fans know him as the director of three popular Paul Naschy horror films, El hunchback de la Morgue (1973, aka Hunchback of the Morgue ), El gran amor del conde Drácula (1973, aka Count Dracula's Great Love ) and El asesino esta entre los trece (aka The Killer is One of the Thirteen ).
Filmography
2019
- Wild Session as Self - Filmmaker
2013
2010
- The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry as Self
- The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel as Himself
2003
- The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone ... (Director of Photography)
2002
- Zero/infinito ... (Director)
- Sara, una estrella
2000
- Voz ... (Director)
1997
- Sin film II ... (Director)
- Sin film III ... (Director)
1994
- Continuum ... (Director)
1991
- El amor sí tiene cura ... (Director)
1988
- La diputada ... (Director)
1987
- La monja alférez ... (Director)
- El polizón del Ulises ... (Director)
1983
- Parchís entra en acción ... (Director)
- Continuum 1 ... (Director)
1982
- Ni te cases ni te embarques ... (Director)
- Vida/Perra ... (Director)
- Las locuras de Parchís ... (Director)
- En busca del huevo perdido ... (Director)
1981
- La segunda guerra de los niños ... (Director)
1980
- Cariñosamente infiel ... (Director)
- Líneas de viento ... (Director)
- Los pecados de mamá ... (Director)
- Consensus ... (Director)
- La guerra de los niños ... (Director)
- Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida) ... (Director)
- Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies) ... (Director)
- Superficies (Gerardo Rueda) ... (Director)
1979
- Rocky Carambola ... (Director)
1978
- Battered Flesh ... (Director)
1977
- Acto de posesión ... (Director)
- Esposa de día, amante de noche ... (Director)
1976
- La iniciación en el amor ... (Director)
1975
- El mejor regalo ... (Director)
- Vida íntima de un seductor cínico ... (Director)
- Ligeramente viudas ... (Director)
- Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese) ... (Director)
- Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino) ... (Director)
1974
- El insólito embarazo de los Martínez ... (Director)
- Tautólogos plus X ... (Director)
1973
- Volveré a nacer ... (Director)
- Count Dracula's Great Love ... (Director)
- Hunchback of the Morgue ... (Director)
- Manifiesto Horizontal ... (Director)
- Vau seis ... (Director)
- The Killer Is One of Thirteen ... (Director)
- Underwelles ... (Director)
1970
- De profesión, sus labores ... (Director)
- Pierna creciente, falda menguante ... (Director)
- El astronauta ... (Director)
- Che Che Che ... (Director)
- Espectro Siete ... (Director)
- Objetivo 40º ... (Director)
- UTS Cero ... (Director)
- Fluctuaciones entrópicas ... (Director)
- Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna) ... (Director)
- Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica ... (Director)
1969
- Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño ... (Director)
- Unmarried and Mother in Life ... (Director)
- Los cuatro elementos ... (Director)
1968
- Los que tocan el piano ... (Director)
1967
- Los chicos con las chicas ... (Director)
1966
- El Rastro ... (Director)
1965
- Los oficios de Cándido ... (Director)
- Espacio muerto ... (Director)
- Mujer contra toro ... (Director)
- España insólita ... (Director)
1963
- Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso) ... (Director)
- Tiempo de pasión ... (Screenplay)
- Blanco vertical ... (Director)
1962
- Vizcaya cuatro ... (Director)
- Playa insólita ... (Director)
1961
- Tiempo dos ... (Director)
- Pasajes tres ... (Director)
- Espacio dos ... (Director)
- Tiempo de playa ... (Director)