Javier Aguirre

Biography

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 M…

Directed

1. Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) — Director
2. Hunchback of the Morgue (1973) — Director
3. The Killer Is One of Thirteen (1973) — Director
4. Unmarried and Mother in Life (1969) — Director
5. El astronauta (1970) — Director
6. La guerra de los niños (1980) — Director
7. Acto de posesión (1977) — Director
8. Vida íntima de un seductor cínico (1975) — Director
9. La monja alférez (1987) — Director
10. Pierna creciente, falda menguante (1970) — Director
11. Rocky Carambola (1979) — Director
12. Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño (1969) — Director
13. La segunda guerra de los niños (1981) — Director
14. Parchís entra en acción (1983) — Director
15. Los chicos con las chicas (1967) — Director
16. Vida/Perra (1982) — Director
17. Battered Flesh (1978) — Director
18. Las locuras de Parchís (1982) — Director
19. Los que tocan el piano (1968) — Director
20. El mejor regalo (1975) — Director
21. Ni te cases ni te embarques (1982) — Director
22. Consensus (1980) — Director
23. La iniciación en el amor (1976) — Director
24. De profesión, sus labores (1970) — Director
25. El insólito embarazo de los Martínez (1974) — Director
26. Cariñosamente infiel (1980) — Director
27. Volveré a nacer (1973) — Director
28. Los pecados de mamá (1980) — Director
29. Soltero y Padre en la Vida (1972) — Director
30. Ligeramente viudas (1975) — Director
31. España insólita (1965) — Director
32. En busca del huevo perdido (1982) — Director
33. La diputada (1988) — Director
34. El amor sí tiene cura (1991) — Director
35. Esposa de día, amante de noche (1977) — Director
36. Sin film III (1997) — Director
37. Voz (2000) — Director
38. Zero/infinito (2002) — Director
39. El polizón del Ulises (1987) — Director
40. Tautólogos plus X (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Wild Session (2019) — Self - Filmmaker
2. The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010) — Self
3. Cómo empezar una película sobre Javier Aguirre (2013) — Himself
4. Sara, una estrella (2002)
5. Materialista, idealista, cinematógrafo, magnetófono, buen chico y sádico (2012)
6. The Evil Faces of Víctor Israel (2010) — Himself