Javier Aguirre
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-06-13
Day of Death
2019-12-04 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
San Sebastián, España
Javier Aguirre
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 ).
Known For
Acting
(2019)
Wild Session
as Self - Filmmaker
(2013)
(2012)
(2010)
(2010)
The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel
as Himself
(2002)
Crew
(2003)
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
Director of Photography
(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
Production Executive, Director, Writer
(1983)
Parchís entra en acción
Director
(1983)
Continuum 1
Director
(1982)
Las locuras de Parchís
Director, Writer
(1982)
Vida/Perra
Director, Writer
(1982)
Ni te cases ni te embarques
Director, Writer
(1982)
En busca del huevo perdido
Director
(1981)
La segunda guerra de los niños
Director, Writer
(1980)
La guerra de los niños
Director, Writer
(1980)
Cariñosamente infiel
Director
(1980)
Los pecados de mamá
Director
(1980)
Consensus
Director
(1980)
Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)
Director
(1980)
Líneas de viento
Director
(1980)
(1980)
(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
Story, Director, Screenplay
(1975)
Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)
Director
(1975)
(1974)
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1974)
Tautólogos plus X
Director
(1973)
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
Screenplay, Director
(1973)
Count Dracula's Great Love
Director, Screenplay
(1973)
Hunchback of the Morgue
Director, Screenplay
(1973)
Volveré a nacer
Director
(1973)
Underwelles
Director
(1973)
Vau seis
Director
(1973)
Manifiesto Horizontal
Director
(1970)
De profesión, sus labores
Director
(1970)
El astronauta
Director
(1970)
(1970)
Espectro Siete
Director
(1970)
Objetivo 40º
Director
(1970)
UTS Cero
Director
(1970)
(1970)
Che Che Che
Director
(1970)
(1970)
Fluctuaciones entrópicas
Director
(1969)
(1969)
Unmarried and Mother in Life
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)
(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