Javier Aguirre

Known for: Directing
Born: June 13, 1935, San Sebastián, España
Died: December 4, 2019
Movies: 79

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 ).

Best-Known Movies

4.8

Count Dracula's Great Love

1973

6.0

Hunchback of the Morgue

1973

5.9

The Killer Is One of Thirteen

1973

5.5

Unmarried and Mother in Life

1969

6.8

Wild Session

2019

6.2

El astronauta

1970

6.2

La guerra de los niños

1980

6.0

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

2010

4.2

Acto de posesión

1977

4.4

Vida íntima de un seductor cínico

1975

Filmography

2019	Wild Session	Self - Filmmaker
2013	Cómo empezar una película sobre Javier Aguirre	Himself
2012	Materialista, idealista, cinematógrafo, magnetófono, buen chico y sádico
2010	The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel	Himself
2010	The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry	Self
2002	Sara, una estrella

Directing, Writing & Producing

2002	Zero/infinito	Writer, Director, Producer
2000	Voz	Director
1997	Sin film II	Director
1997	Sin film III	Director
1994	Continuum	Director
1991	El amor sí tiene cura	Director, Writer
1988	La diputada	Director
1987	La monja alférez	Director, Writer
1987	El polizón del Ulises	Director, Writer
1983	Parchís entra en acción	Director
1983	Continuum 1	Director
1982	Vida/Perra	Director, Writer
1982	En busca del huevo perdido	Director
1982	Las locuras de Parchís	Director, Writer
1982	Ni te cases ni te embarques	Director, Writer
1981	La segunda guerra de los niños	Director, Writer
1980	La guerra de los niños	Director, Writer
1980	Los pecados de mamá	Director
1980	Consensus	Director
1980	Cariñosamente infiel	Director
1980	Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)	Director
1980	Líneas de viento	Director
1980	Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies)	Director
1980	Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)	Director
1979	Rocky Carambola	Director
1978	Battered Flesh	Screenplay, Director
1977	Acto de posesión	Director, Writer
1977	Esposa de día, amante de noche	Writer, Director
1976	La iniciación en el amor	Writer, Director
1975	Ligeramente viudas	Writer, Director
1975	El mejor regalo	Director
1975	Vida íntima de un seductor cínico	Director, Screenplay
1975	Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)	Director
1975	Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese)	Director
1974	El insólito embarazo de los Martínez	Director, Screenplay
1974	Tautólogos plus X	Director
1973	Manifiesto Horizontal	Director
1973	Volveré a nacer	Director
1973	The Killer Is One of Thirteen	Screenplay, Director
1973	Hunchback of the Morgue	Director, Screenplay
1973	Count Dracula's Great Love	Director, Screenplay
1973	Underwelles	Director
1973	Vau seis	Director
1972	Soltero y Padre en la Vida	Director
1970	Pierna creciente, falda menguante	Director
1970	El astronauta	Director
1970	De profesión, sus labores	Director
1970	Espectro Siete	Director
1970	Objetivo 40º	Director
1970	UTS Cero	Director
1970	Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica	Director
1970	Che Che Che	Director
1970	Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)	Director
1970	Fluctuaciones entrópicas	Director
1969	Unmarried and Mother in Life	Director
1969	Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño	Director
1969	Los cuatro elementos	Director
1968	Los que tocan el piano	Director
1967	Los chicos con las chicas	Director, Writer
1966	El Rastro	Director
1965	España insólita	Director, Writer
1965	Los oficios de Cándido	Director
1965	Mujer contra toro	Screenplay, Director
1965	Espacio muerto	Director, Screenplay
1963	Tiempo de pasión	Screenplay, Director
1963	Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso)	Director
1963	Blanco vertical	Director
1962	Vizcaya cuatro	Director
1962	Playa insólita	Director
1961	Pasajes tres	Director
1961	Tiempo de playa	Director
1961	Tiempo dos	Director
1961	Espacio dos	Director

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