

Arantxa Aguirre
Director · WriterArantxa 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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DIRECTOR14

Freedom to Dreams
2025
Director

Zurbarán y sus doce hijos
2020
Director

El amor y la muerte
2018
Director

Dancing Beethoven
2017
Director
- Una rosa para Soler
Una rosa para Soler
2014
Director
- Gira por China
Gira por China
2013
Director
- An American Swan in Paris
An American Swan in Paris
2011
Director
- Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier
Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier
2011
Director
- El esfuerzo y el ánimo
El esfuerzo y el ánimo
2010
Director

El primer siglo del Prado
2007
Director
- Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
2006
Director

Shadows in a Conflict
1993
Assistant Director

High Heels
1991
Second Assistant Director

Ay, Carmela!
1990
Third Assistant Director
WRITER7

Freedom to Dreams
2025
Writer

El amor y la muerte
2018
Writer

Dancing Beethoven
2017
Screenplay
- Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier
Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier
2011
Writer

El primer siglo del Prado
2007
Writer
- Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
2006
Screenplay

Un instante en la vida ajena
2003
Writer





