Javier Aguirre
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 ).
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Movies (80)

Wild Session
2019 · Self - Filmmaker

Cómo empezar una película sobre Javier Aguirre
2013 · Himself

Materialista, idealista, cinematógrafo, magnetófono, buen chico y sádico
2012

The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel
2010 · Himself

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010 · Self

The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
2003 · Director of Photography

Sara, una estrella
2002

Zero/infinito
2002 · Director, Writer, Producer

Voz
2000 · Director

Sin film II
1997 · Director

Sin film III
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 · Director, Production Executive, 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

Cariñosamente infiel
1980 · Director

Líneas de viento
1980 · Director

Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)
1980 · Director

Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies)
1980 · Director

Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)
1980 · Director

Rocky Carambola
1979 · Director

Battered Flesh
1978 · Director, Screenplay

Acto de posesión
1977 · Director, Writer

Esposa de día, amante de noche
1977 · Director, Writer

La iniciación en el amor
1976 · Director, Writer

Ligeramente viudas
1975 · Director, Writer

El mejor regalo
1975 · Director

Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
1975 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese)
1975 · Director

Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)
1975 · Director

El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
1974 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Songs

Tautólogos plus X
1974 · Director

Manifiesto Horizontal
1973 · Director

Volveré a nacer
1973 · Director

The Killer Is One of Thirteen
1973 · Director, Screenplay

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

Objetivo 40º
1970 · Director

UTS Cero
1970 · Director
Fluctuaciones entrópicas
1970 · Director
Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)
1970 · Director
Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica
1970 · Director

Che Che Che
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
Mujer contra toro
1965 · Director, Screenplay
Espacio muerto
1965 · Director, Screenplay
Tiempo de pasión
1963 · Screenplay, Director

Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso)
1963 · Director
Blanco vertical
1963 · Director

Vizcaya cuatro
1962 · Director

Playa insólita
1962 · Director

Pasajes tres
1961 · Director

Tiempo dos
1961 · Director

Tiempo de playa
1961 · Director

Espacio dos
1961 · Director
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