Javier Aguirre
Directing
Born 1935-06-13
Died 2019-12-04
San Sebastián, España
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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 ).
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Filmography
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Directing
54 credits
Esposa de día, amante de noche
Cariñosamente infiel
Acto de posesión
La segunda guerra de los niños
Pierna creciente, falda menguante
Count Dracula's Great Love
Vida/Perra
El Rastro
Hunchback of the Morgue
Los oficios de Cándido
Continuum 1
Continuum
Tiempo dos
Espacio muerto
UTS Cero
La monja alférez
Manifiesto Horizontal
Battered Flesh
Objetivo 40º
Los que tocan el piano
Pasajes tres
El mejor regalo
De profesión, sus labores
Espacio dos
Voz
Playa insólita
Zero/infinito
Underwelles
Unmarried and Mother in Life
Ni te cases ni te embarques
Espectro Siete
Blanco vertical
Volveré a nacer
Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño
Consensus
Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso)
Soltero y Padre en la Vida
Tiempo de playa
Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)
Vizcaya cuatro
El astronauta
La diputada
Vau seis
La guerra de los niños
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)
Parchís entra en acción
Tautólogos plus X
Rocky Carambola
Che Che Che
La iniciación en el amor
España insólita
Mujer contra toro
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
Writing
17 credits
Esposa de día, amante de noche
Acto de posesión
La segunda guerra de los niños
Count Dracula's Great Love
Vida/Perra
Hunchback of the Morgue
Espacio muerto
La monja alférez
Battered Flesh
Zero/infinito
Ni te cases ni te embarques
La guerra de los niños
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
La iniciación en el amor
España insólita
Mujer contra toro
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
Acting
4 credits
Cómo empezar una película sobre Javier Aguirre
Wild Session
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel
Other credits
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