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Javier Aguirre

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Javier Aguirre

Born June 13, 1935 in San Sebastián, EspañaDied December 4, 201973 films

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.

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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 Morgue ), El gran amor del conde Drácula (1973, aka Count Dracula's Great Love ) and El asesino esta entre los trece (aka The Killer is One of the Thirteen ).

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Count Dracula's Great Love posterFirst watchCount Dracula's Great Love19734.8Four women spending the night in a deserted sanitarium on a mountain fall into the hands of an evil doctor with a terrible secret.View film

Filmography

73 films as director
  1. 2002Zero/infinitoDirector
  2. 2000VozDirector
  3. 1997Sin film IIDirector
  4. 1997Sin film IIIDirector
  5. 1994ContinuumDirector
  6. 1991El amor sí tiene curaDirector
  7. 1988La diputadaDirector
  8. 1987La monja alférezDirector
  9. 1987El polizón del UlisesDirector
  10. 1983Parchís entra en acciónDirector
  11. 1983Continuum 1Director
  12. 1982Vida/PerraDirector
  13. 1982En busca del huevo perdidoDirector
  14. 1982Las locuras de ParchísDirector
  15. 1982Ni te cases ni te embarquesDirector
  16. 1981La segunda guerra de los niñosDirector
  17. 1980La guerra de los niñosDirector
  18. 1980Los pecados de mamáDirector
  19. 1980ConsensusDirector
  20. 1980Cariñosamente infielDirector
  21. 1980Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)Director
  22. 1980Líneas de vientoDirector
  23. 1980Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies)Director
  24. 1980Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)Director
  25. 1979Rocky CarambolaDirector
  26. 1978Battered FleshDirector
  27. 1977Acto de posesiónDirector
  28. 1977Esposa de día, amante de nocheDirector
  29. 1976La iniciación en el amorDirector
  30. 1975Ligeramente viudasDirector
  31. 1975El mejor regaloDirector
  32. 1975Vida íntima de un seductor cínicoDirector
  33. 1975Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)Director
  34. 1975Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese)Director
  35. 1974El insólito embarazo de los MartínezDirector
  36. 1974Tautólogos plus XDirector
  37. 1973Manifiesto HorizontalDirector
  38. 1973Volveré a nacerDirector
  39. 1973The Killer Is One of ThirteenDirector
  40. 1973Hunchback of the MorgueDirector
  41. 1973Count Dracula's Great LoveDirector
  42. 1973UnderwellesDirector
  43. 1973Vau seisDirector
  44. 1972Soltero y Padre en la VidaDirector
  45. 1970Pierna creciente, falda menguanteDirector
  46. 1970El astronautaDirector
  47. 1970De profesión, sus laboresDirector
  48. 1970Espectro SieteDirector
  49. 1970Objetivo 40ºDirector
  50. 1970UTS CeroDirector
  51. 1970Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométricaDirector
  52. 1970Che Che CheDirector
  53. 1970Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)Director
  54. 1970Fluctuaciones entrópicasDirector
  55. 1969Unmarried and Mother in LifeDirector
  56. 1969Una vez al año ser hippy no hace dañoDirector
  57. 1969Los cuatro elementosDirector
  58. 1968Los que tocan el pianoDirector
  59. 1967Los chicos con las chicasDirector
  60. 1966El RastroDirector
  61. 1965España insólitaDirector
  62. 1965Los oficios de CándidoDirector
  63. 1965Mujer contra toroDirector
  64. 1965Espacio muertoDirector
  65. 1963Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso)Director
  66. 1963Tiempo de pasiónDirector
  67. 1963Blanco verticalDirector
  68. 1962Vizcaya cuatroDirector
  69. 1962Playa insólitaDirector
  70. 1961Pasajes tresDirector
  71. 1961Tiempo de playaDirector
  72. 1961Tiempo dosDirector
  73. 1961Espacio dosDirector