Javier Aguirre
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 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 ).
72 directing credits · 6 acting credits
Directing · 72
Battered Flesh
1978
Count Dracula's Great Love
1973
Los que tocan el piano
1968
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
1973
Hunchback of the Morgue
1973
Pierna creciente, falda menguante
1970
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
1975
La guerra de los niños
1980
El astronauta
1970
Cariñosamente infiel
1980
Unmarried and Mother in Life
1969
Volveré a nacer
1973
Los chicos con las chicas
1967
Consensus
1980
El mejor regalo
1975
Ni te cases ni te embarques
1982
Acto de posesión
1977
La diputada
1988
La iniciación en el amor
1976
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
1974
El amor sí tiene cura
1991
Ligeramente viudas
1975
Las locuras de Parchís
1982
Los pecados de mamá
1980
España insólita
1965
Zero/infinito
2002
Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño
1969
La monja alférez
1987
De profesión, sus labores
1970
Playa insólita
1962
Espectro Siete
1970
Voz
2000
Blanco vertical
1963
Los oficios de Cándido
1965
La segunda guerra de los niños
1981
Vizcaya cuatro
1962
Tiempo de playa
1961
Vida/Perra
1982
El polizón del Ulises
1987
Parchís entra en acción
1983
Rocky Carambola
1979
Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso)
1963
Esposa de día, amante de noche
1977
Continuum
1994
Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica
1970
Che Che Che
1970
Sin film II
1997
Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies)
1980
Underwelles
1973
Tiempo dos
1961
El Rastro
1966
Tiempo de pasión
1963
Espacio dos
1961
Vau seis
1973
En busca del huevo perdido
1982
Objetivo 40º
1970
Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)
1975
Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese)
1975
Pasajes tres
1961
Sin film III
1997
Los cuatro elementos
1969
Manifiesto Horizontal
1973
Continuum 1
1983
Espacio muerto
1965
Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)
1980
UTS Cero
1970
Fluctuaciones entrópicas
1970
Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)
1980
Líneas de viento
1980
Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)
1970
Mujer contra toro
1965
Tautólogos plus X
1974
