Person
Arantxa Aguirre
Directing · Born 1965-01-01 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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'.
Known for
High Heels
Second Assistant Director
Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier
Writer
El amor y la muerte
Writer
Freedom to Dreams
Writer
El esfuerzo y el ánimo
Director
Ay, Carmela!
Third Assistant Director
La conquista de la democracia
Director
Zurbarán y sus doce hijos
Director
An American Swan in Paris
Director
Gira por China
Director
Filmography
- 2025La conquista de la democraciaDirector
- 2025Freedom to DreamsWriter
- 2020Zurbarán y sus doce hijosDirector
- 2018El amor y la muerteWriter
- 2017Dancing BeethovenDirector
- 2014Una rosa para SolerDirector
- 2013Gira por ChinaDirector
- 2011An American Swan in ParisDirector
- 2011Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais GarnierWriter
- 2010El esfuerzo y el ánimoDirector
- 2007El primer siglo del PradoWriter
- 2006Hécuba: un sueño de pasiónDirector
- 2003Un instante en la vida ajenaWriter
- 1993Shadows in a ConflictAssistant Director
- 1991High HeelsSecond Assistant Director
- 1990Ay, Carmela!Third Assistant Director
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