Arantxa Aguirre

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'.

Directed

1. Dancing Beethoven (2017) — Director
2. El esfuerzo y el ánimo (2010) — Director
3. Una rosa para Soler (2014) — Director
4. Hécuba: un sueño de pasión (2006) — Director
5. An American Swan in Paris (2011) — Director
6. Gira por China (2013) — Director
7. Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier (2011) — Director
8. El primer siglo del Prado (2007) — Director
9. Freedom to Dreams (2025) — Director
10. Zurbarán y sus doce hijos (2020) — Director
11. El amor y la muerte (2018) — Director
12. La conquista de la democracia (2025) — Director