Arantxa Aguirre
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'.
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Movies (16)
Un tal Karlos
2026 · Director
Freedom to Dreams
2025 · Director, Writer
Zurbarán y sus doce hijos
2020 · Director
El amor y la muerte
2018 · Director, Writer
Dancing Beethoven
2017 · Director, Screenplay
Una rosa para Soler
2014 · Director
Gira por China
2013 · Director
An American Swan in Paris
2011 · Director
Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier
2011 · Director, Writer
El esfuerzo y el ánimo
2010 · Director
El primer siglo del Prado
2007 · Director, Writer
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
2006 · Director, Screenplay
Un instante en la vida ajena
2003 · Writer
Shadows in a Conflict
1993 · Assistant Director
High Heels
1991 · Second Assistant Director
Ay, Carmela!
1990 · Third Assistant Director
