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Arantxa Aguirre
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira (Madrid, 1965) is a Spanish documentary director, screenwriter, and writer. The daughter of actress Enriqueta Carballeira and film director Javier Agu…
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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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2026
Un tal Karlos
Movie Director
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2025
La conquista de la democracia
TV show Director
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2025
Freedom to Dreams
Movie Writer
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2020
Zurbarán y sus doce hijos
Movie Director
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2018
El amor y la muerte
Movie Writer
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2017
Dancing Beethoven
Movie Director
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2014
Una rosa para Soler
Movie Director
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2013
Gira por China
Movie Director
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2011
Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier
Movie Writer
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2011
An American Swan in Paris
Movie Director
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2010
El esfuerzo y el ánimo
Movie Director
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2007
El primer siglo del Prado
Movie Writer
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2006
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Movie Director
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2003
Un instante en la vida ajena
Movie Writer
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1993
Shadows in a Conflict
Movie Assistant Director
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1991
High Heels
Movie Second Assistant Director
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1990
Ay, Carmela!
Movie Third Assistant Director
