Javier Aguirresarobe
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-10-10 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Guipúzcoa - Spain
Javier Aguirresarobe
Biography
Javier Aguirresarobe Zubía (born 10 October 1948) is a Basque Spanish cinematographer. After garnering several Goya Awards in his home country, he became widely known internationally for his work on The Others (2001), directed by Alejandro Amenábar. Among many others, he has worked on Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), the Twilight film series (2009–2010), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
Javier Aguirresarobe Zubía was born in Eibar, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain, on 10 October 1948. He has an older brother who was an industrial photographer, whom he used to help in the lab as a teenager, and this sparked his passion for photography.
After earning a diploma in optics, he moved to Madrid to study journalism and worked at various newspapers before deciding to change tack. He studied cinematography at the Official School of Cinematography, which has close links to the Spanish film industry. Only the top nine students in the entrance exam were admitted to the cinematography course. The students used 35mm film.
In 1983, Aguirresarobe's first work as a cinematographer was for "a very small movie," La Muerte de Mikel (The Death of Mikel), which turned out to be a success at the box office.
He has mostly worked alone but once worked with Spanish cinematographer Luis Cuadrado (The Spirit of the Beehive).
He first attracted international attention with the 1997 film Secrets of the Heart and even more in 2001 with The Others, directed by Alejandro Amenábar and starring Nicole Kidman.
Aguirresarobe was the cinematographer for the 2015 feature film Goosebumps.
Aguirresarobe has worked with Spanish directors such as Imanol Uribe, Montxo Armendáriz, Alejandro Amenábar, Pedro Almodóvar, Julio Médem, Montxo Armendáriz, and Fernando Trueba, and internationally, Miloš Forman, John Hillcoat, and Woody Allen.
Aguirresarobe worked as a cinematographer for the film adaptation of New Moon, released in 2009, and on the Twilight film series.
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Crew
(2024)
Afraid
Director of Photography
(2023)
Across the River and Into the Trees
Director of Photography
(2022)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Director of Photography
(2019)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Director of Photography
(2018)
Here and Now
Director of Photography
(2018)
The Etruscan Smile
Director of Photography
(2018)
Operation Finale
Director of Photography
(2017)
Thor: Ragnarok
Director of Photography
(2017)
The Healer
Director of Photography
(2016)
The Finest Hours
Director of Photography
(2016)
The Promise
Director of Photography
(2015)
Poltergeist
Director of Photography
(2015)
Goosebumps
Director of Photography
(2014)
The Perfect Dictatorship
Cinematography
(2013)
Identity Thief
Director of Photography
(2013)
Blue Jasmine
Director of Photography
(2013)
Warm Bodies
Director of Photography
(2012)
The Five-Year Engagement
Director of Photography
(2011)
A Better Life
Director of Photography
(2011)
Fright Night
Director of Photography
(2010)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Director of Photography
(2009)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Director of Photography
(2009)
The Road
Director of Photography
(2009)
The City of Your Final Destination
Director of Photography
(2008)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Director of Photography
(2008)
Tear This Heart Out
Camera Operator
(2007)
The Nautical Chart
Director of Photography
(2006)
Goya's Ghosts
Director of Photography
(2005)
Obaba
Cinematography
(2004)
The Sea Inside
Director of Photography
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Director of Photography
(2003)
Soldiers of Salamina
Director of Photography
(2003)
Eric Clapton and Friends
Director of Photography
(2002)
Talk to Her
Director of Photography
(2002)
Desire
Director of Photography
(2001)
The Others
Director of Photography
(1999)
The Yellow Fountain
Director of Photography
(1998)
The Miracle of P. Tinto
Cinematography
(1997)
99.9: The Frequency of Terror
Director of Photography
(1997)
Secrets of the Heart
Director of Photography
(1996)
Earth
Director of Photography
(1996)
The Dog in the Manger
Director of Photography
(1996)
Bwana
Director of Photography
(1995)
Antártida
Director of Photography
(1995)
Fiesta
Director of Photography
(1995)
Women
Cinematography, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
(1994)
Running Out of Time
Director of Photography
(1993)
The Dead Mother
Director of Photography
(1993)
On the Edge of the Horizon
Director of Photography
(1992)
Dream of Light
Director of Photography
(1991)
El sueño de Tánger
Director of Photography
(1990)
The Black Moon
Director of Photography
(1987)
La Oveja Negra
Director of Photography
(1987)
Laura, del cielo llega la noche
Director of Photography
(1987)
The Enchanted Forest
Director of Photography
(1986)
Manon
Director of Photography
(1985)
Eternal Fire
Cinematography
(1985)
Golfo de Vizcaya
Director of Photography
(1984)
Mikel's Death
Executive Producer, Director of Photography
(1984)
El Pico 2
Director of Photography
(1984)
Ikuska 20: Sailaren laburpena
Director of Photography
(1984)
The Secret Garden
Director of Photography
(1983)
Que nos quiten lo bailao
Director of Photography
(1983)
Ikuska 14: Zuberoako artzainak
Director of Photography
(1983)
Ikuska 15: Euskaldunberriak
Director of Photography
(1983)
Ikuska 16: Donibaneko arrantzaleak
Director of Photography
(1983)
Ikuska 17: Matxitxako itsasguda
Director of Photography
(1983)
Chillida: retrato en casa
Director of Photography
(1982)
Ikuska 13: Euskal kanta berria
Director of Photography
(1981)
Escape From Segovia
Director of Photography
(1981)
Ikuska 11: Erribera
Director of Photography
(1981)
Ikuska 10: Kontrasteak
Director of Photography
(1981)
Ikuska 12: Euskal emakumeak
Director of Photography
(1980)
Ikusmena
Director of Photography
(1980)
Ikuska 4: Euskal Telebista
Director of Photography
(1980)
Ikuska 5: Elebistasuna
Director of Photography
(1980)
Ikuska 6: Euskara galdutako Nafarroa
Director of Photography
(1980)
Ikuska 7: Barandiaran
Director of Photography
(1980)
Ikuska 8: Arabako herrien heriotza
Director of Photography
(1980)
Ikuska 9: Euskal artistak
Director of Photography
(1979)
Ikuska 2: Gernika
Director of Photography
(1979)
Ikuska 1: Ikastolak
Director of Photography
(1979)
Ikuska 3: Bilboko hiri espekulazioa
Director of Photography
(1979)
The Burgos Trial
Director of Photography
(1978)
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
Director of Photography
(1978)
Erreferenduma
Director of Photography
(1978)
Irrintzi
Director of Photography
(1975)
En un París imaginario
Cinematography
(1974)
La danza de lo gracioso: Barregarearen dantza
Director of Photography
(1969)
El espíritu
Assistant Camera
(1969)
Margarita y el lobo
Still Photographer
(1969)
El gran amante
Assistant Camera