Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 13, 1935
Died
Dec 04, 2019
Place of Birth
San Sebastián, España
Credits
80 titles
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
Filmography
Wild Session
Self - Filmmaker
Cómo empezar una película sobre Javier Aguirre
Himself
Materialista, idealista, cinematógrafo, magnetófono, buen chico y sádico
The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel
Himself
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Self
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
Director of Photography
Sara, una estrella
Zero/infinito
Writer
Voz
Director
Sin film II
Director
Sin film III
Director
Continuum
Director
El amor sí tiene cura
Writer
La diputada
Director
La monja alférez
Writer
El polizón del Ulises
Director
Parchís entra en acción
Director
Continuum 1
Director
Vida/Perra
Director
En busca del huevo perdido
Director
Las locuras de Parchís
Writer
Ni te cases ni te embarques
Director
La segunda guerra de los niños
Director
La guerra de los niños
Director
Los pecados de mamá
Director
Consensus
Director
Cariñosamente infiel
Director
Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)
Director
Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies)
Director
Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)
Director
Líneas de viento
Director
Rocky Carambola
Director
Battered Flesh
Director
Acto de posesión
Director
Esposa de día, amante de noche
Director
La iniciación en el amor
Director
Ligeramente viudas
Writer
El mejor regalo
Director
Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese)
Director
Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)
Director
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
Director
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
Director
Tautólogos plus X
Director
Manifiesto Horizontal
Director
Volveré a nacer
Director
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
Screenplay
Hunchback of the Morgue
Director
Count Dracula's Great Love
Director
Vau seis
Director
Underwelles
Director