Director
Arantxa Echevarría
9 films
Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo was born in 1968 in Bilbao. She studied a degree in Sciences of the Image and a specialization in audiovisual production at the Complutense University of Madrid, and pursued further studies at Sydney Community College. She has worked in cinema and television since 1991.
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Her short film De noche y de pronto earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film.
Her feature debut Carmen & Lola (2018) earned her the Goya Award for Best New Director, past her fifties. It was followed by her second feature The Perfect Family (2021). She also directed one episode of El Cid's first season. In 2022, she began shooting her third feature, Chinas.
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First watchUndercover20247.1Basque Country, Spain, late nineties. A young policewoman manages to infiltrate the ruthless terrorist gang ETA.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
9 films as director- 2026A Sucker's Born Every MinuteDirector
- 2024UndercoverDirector
- 2024Politically IncorrectDirector
- 2023ChinasDirector
- 2021The Perfect FamilyDirector
- 2018Carmen & LolaDirector
- 20177 from EtheriaDirector
- 2015Me, the PresidentDirector
- 2012De noche y de prontoDirector