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