Javier Aguirre Fernández (13 June 1935 – 4 December 2019) was a Spanish film director, writer and producer.
Biography and career Aguirre was born in 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 Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas (IIEC). He worked as an assistant director until he started directing his own short films in the 1960s.
He started his work as a director in 1961, directing a documentary short 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 jorobado 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).Howarth, Troy (2018). Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy. WK Books.ISBN 978-1718835894.
Aguirre was married to actress Enriqueta Carballeira from 1966 to 1977. The couple had a daughter, Arantxa Aguirre, who also works as a director. Javier was married to actress Esperanza Roy when he died.
Aguirre died on 4 December 2019 in a Madrid hospital after a long illness. He was still married to actress Esperanza Roy at the time of his death.
Filmography AñoPelícula Funciones1965 España insólitaDirector 1967 Los chicos con las chicasDirector 1968 Los que tocan el pianoDirector 1968 Una vez al año, ser hippy no hace dañoDirector 1969 Soltera y madre en la vidaDirector 1970 Pierna creciente, falda menguanteDirector 1970 El astronautaDirector 1970 De profesión sus laboresDirector 1972 Soltero y padre en la vidaDirector and screenwriter 1973 El asesino está entre los treceDirector 1973 El jorobado de la MorgueDirector 1974 El gran amor del conde DráculaDirector and screenwriter 1974 El insólito embarazo de los MartínezDirector 1975 El mejor regaloDirector 1977 Esposa de día, amante de nocheDirector 1977 Carne apaleadaDirector 1977 Acto de posesiónDirector 1979 Rocky CarambolaDirector 1980 La guerra de los niñosDirector 1980 Los pecados de mamáDirector 1982 Las locuras de ParchísDirector and screenwriter 1982 Vida/PerraDirector 1982 En busca del huevo perdidoDirector and screenwriter 1982 Ni te cases ni te embarquesNi te cases ni te embarques en YouTube.Director and screenwriter 1983 Parchís entra en acciónDirector 1983 Gente / PersonasDirector 1986 La monja alférezDirector and screenwriter 1987 El polizón del UlisesDirector and screenwriter 1987 ContinuumDirector 2000 VozDirector 2002 Zero InfinitoDirector 2003 Variaciones 1/113Director 2006 Dispersión de la luzDirector 2006 Medea 2Director 2009 Sol Director
Short films Tiempo de dos (1960) Pasajes tres (1961), (winner of the Golden Shell in the Best Short Film category at the San Sebastián Film Festival) A ras del río (1961) Tiempo de playa (1961) Espacio dos (1961) Playa insólita (1962) Tiempo abierto (1962), (award for Best Short Film in Spanish Language at the San Sebastián Film Festival) Vizcaya cuatro (1962) Toros tres (1962) Tiempo de pasión (1963) Blanco vertical (1963) Mujer contra toro (1963) Canto a la esperanza (1963) Artesanía en el tiempo (1964) Espacio muerto (1965) La España diferente (1969) Vau seis (1970) UTS cero (Realización I) (1970) Temporalidad interna (1970) Múltiples, número indeterminado (1970) Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica (realización II) (1970) Che Che Che (1970) (about Che Guevara) Fluctuaciones entrópicas (1971) Tercer plan de desarrollo económico y social (1972) Costa del Sol malagueña (1972) Tautólogos plus X (1974) Vibraciones oscilatorias (1975) Exosmosis (1975) Continuum I (1975) Underwelles (1975) (about Orson Welles)
References
External links
Javier Aguirre on the Experimental Cinema Wiki