Javier Aguirre
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 13, 1935
- Died
- December 4, 2019
- Birthplace
- San Sebastián, España
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 ).
Filmography
Wild Session 2019
as Self - Filmmaker
Cómo empezar una película sobre Javier Aguirre 2013
as Himself
Materialista, idealista, cinematógrafo, magnetófono, buen chico y sádico 2012
Actor
The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel 2010
as Himself
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry 2010
as Self
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone 2003
Director of Photography
Sara, una estrella 2002
Actor
Zero/infinito 2002
Writer, Director, Producer
Voz 2000
Director
Sin film III 1997
Director
Sin film II 1997
Director
Continuum 1994
Director
El amor sí tiene cura 1991
Director, Writer
La diputada 1988
Director
La monja alférez 1987
Director, Writer
El polizón del Ulises 1987
Production Executive, Director, Writer
Parchís entra en acción 1983
Director
Continuum 1 1983
Director
Vida/Perra 1982
Director, Writer
En busca del huevo perdido 1982
Director
Las locuras de Parchís 1982
Director, Writer
Ni te cases ni te embarques 1982
Director, Writer
La segunda guerra de los niños 1981
Director, Writer
La guerra de los niños 1980
Director, Writer
Los pecados de mamá 1980
Director
Consensus 1980
Director
Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida) 1980
Director
Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies) 1980
Director
Líneas de viento 1980
Director
Superficies (Gerardo Rueda) 1980
Director
Cariñosamente infiel 1980
Director
Rocky Carambola 1979
Director
Battered Flesh 1978
Screenplay, Director
Acto de posesión 1977
Director, Writer
Esposa de día, amante de noche 1977
Writer, Director
La iniciación en el amor 1976
Writer, Director
Ligeramente viudas 1975
Writer, Director
Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese) 1975
Director
Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino) 1975
Director
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico 1975
Story, Director, Screenplay
El mejor regalo 1975
Director
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez 1974
Director, Story, Screenplay, Songs
Tautólogos plus X 1974
Director
Manifiesto Horizontal 1973
Director
Volveré a nacer 1973
Director
The Killer Is One of Thirteen 1973
Screenplay, Director
Hunchback of the Morgue 1973
Director, Screenplay
Count Dracula's Great Love 1973
Director, Screenplay
Vau seis 1973
Director
Underwelles 1973
Director
Soltero y Padre en la Vida 1972
Director
Pierna creciente, falda menguante 1970
Director
El astronauta 1970
Director
De profesión, sus labores 1970
Director
Espectro Siete 1970
Director
- Fluctuaciones entrópicas
Fluctuaciones entrópicas 1970
Director
- Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)
Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna) 1970
Director
Che Che Che 1970
Director
- Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica
Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica 1970
Director
UTS Cero 1970
Director
Objetivo 40º 1970
Director
Unmarried and Mother in Life 1969
Director
Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño 1969
Director
Los cuatro elementos 1969
Director
Los que tocan el piano 1968
Director
Los chicos con las chicas 1967
Director, Writer
El Rastro 1966
Director
España insólita 1965
Director, Writer
Los oficios de Cándido 1965
Director
- Espacio muerto
Espacio muerto 1965
Director, Screenplay
- Mujer contra toro
Mujer contra toro 1965
Screenplay, Director
- Blanco vertical
Blanco vertical 1963
Director
Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso) 1963
Director
- Tiempo de pasión
Tiempo de pasión 1963
Screenplay, Director
Playa insólita 1962
Director
Vizcaya cuatro 1962
Director
Espacio dos 1961
Director
Tiempo dos 1961
Director
Tiempo de playa 1961
Director
Pasajes tres 1961
Director
Credits from TMDB.