Javier Aguirre

Directing·Jun 13, 1935·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 ).

Film	Credit
Wild Session2019 · Self - Filmmaker	Self - Filmmaker
Cómo empezar una película sobre Javier Aguirre2013 · Himself	Himself
Materialista, idealista, cinematógrafo, magnetófono, buen chico y sádico2012 · Actor	Actor
The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel2010 · Himself	Himself
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry2010 · Self	Self
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone2003 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Sara, una estrella2002 · Actor	Actor
Zero/infinito2002 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Voz2000 · Director	Director
Sin film II1997 · Director	Director
Sin film III1997 · Director	Director
Continuum1994 · Director	Director
El amor sí tiene cura1991 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La diputada1988 · Director	Director
La monja alférez1987 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
El polizón del Ulises1987 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Parchís entra en acción1983 · Director	Director
Continuum 11983 · Director	Director
Vida/Perra1982 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
En busca del huevo perdido1982 · Director	Director
Las locuras de Parchís1982 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ni te cases ni te embarques1982 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La segunda guerra de los niños1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La guerra de los niños1980 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Los pecados de mamá1980 · Director	Director
Consensus1980 · Director	Director
Cariñosamente infiel1980 · Director	Director
Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)1980 · Director	Director
Líneas de viento1980 · Director	Director
Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies)1980 · Director	Director
Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)1980 · Director	Director
Rocky Carambola1979 · Director	Director
Battered Flesh1978 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Acto de posesión1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Esposa de día, amante de noche1977 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
La iniciación en el amor1976 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Ligeramente viudas1975 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
El mejor regalo1975 · Director	Director
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)1975 · Director	Director
Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese)1975 · Director	Director
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez1974 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tautólogos plus X1974 · Director	Director
Manifiesto Horizontal1973 · Director	Director
Volveré a nacer1973 · Director	Director
The Killer Is One of Thirteen1973 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Hunchback of the Morgue1973 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Count Dracula's Great Love1973 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay