Director

Arantxa Aguirre

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 1All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1047274

IMDb ID: nm0013676

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1965

Age: 61

Place of birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2025

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.83

Wikidata: Q47509528

Also known as

Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira

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Director (6)Assistant Director (1)Second Assistant Director (1)Third Assistant Director (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira (Madrid, 1965) is a Spanish documentary director, screenwriter, and writer. The daughter of actress Enriqueta Carballeira and film director Javier Aguirre, she has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in film, working as an assistant director for filmmakers such as Mario Camus, Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Saura, and Luis García Berlanga, among others. She also holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology and has published two books: 'Buñuel, lector de Galdós' (winner of the Pérez Galdós Research Prize in 2003) and '34 actores hablan de su oficio' (Ed. Cátedra, 2008), the latter a sequel to her documentary 'Hécuba, un sueño de pasión'.