Directing
Javier Aguirre
ES, EN cinema · 80 credits
Born
13 June 1935
Died
4 December 2019 (aged 84)
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 ).
Known for
Filmography
Wild Session
as Self - Filmmaker
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
Director of Photography
Zero/infinito
Director, Writer, Producer
Voz
Director
Sin film II
Director
Sin film III
Director
Continuum
Director
El amor sí tiene cura
Director, Writer
La diputada
Director
La monja alférez
Director, Writer
El polizón del Ulises
Director, Production Executive, Writer
Continuum 1
Director
Las locuras de Parchís
Director, Writer
Vida/Perra
Director, Writer
Ni te cases ni te embarques
Director, Writer
La segunda guerra de los niños
Director, Writer
La guerra de los niños
Director, Writer
Cariñosamente infiel
Director
Los pecados de mamá
Director
Consensus
Director
Rocky Carambola
Director
Battered Flesh
Director, Screenplay
Acto de posesión
Director, Writer
Esposa de día, amante de noche
Director, Writer
La iniciación en el amor
Director, Writer
Ligeramente viudas
Director, Writer
El mejor regalo
Director
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
Director, Screenplay, Story
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
Director, Screenplay, Story, Songs
Tautólogos plus X
Director
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
Director, Screenplay
Count Dracula's Great Love
Director, Screenplay
Hunchback of the Morgue
Director, Screenplay
Volveré a nacer
Director
Vau seis
Director
Underwelles
Director
El astronauta
Director
Espectro Siete
Director
Objetivo 40º
Director
UTS Cero
Director
Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)
1970
Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)
Director
Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica
1970
Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica
Director
Che Che Che
Director
Los chicos con las chicas
Director, Writer
El Rastro
Director
España insólita
Director, Writer
Mujer contra toro
1965
Mujer contra toro
Director, Screenplay
Espacio muerto
1965
Espacio muerto
Director, Screenplay
Tiempo de pasión
1963
Tiempo de pasión
Screenplay, Director
Vizcaya cuatro
Director
Playa insólita
Director
Pasajes tres
Director
Tiempo dos
Director
Espacio dos
Director