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 ).
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
(Director of Photography)
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
(Screenplay)
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
(Director)
Count Dracula's Great Love
(Director)
Hunchback of the Morgue
(Director)
De profesión, sus labores
(Director)
El astronauta
(Director)
Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño
(Director)
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
(Director)
Las locuras de Parchís
(Writer)
Las locuras de Parchís
(Director)
La guerra de los niños
(Director)
La segunda guerra de los niños
(Director)
La segunda guerra de los niños
(Writer)
La guerra de los niños
(Writer)
Parchís entra en acción
(Director)
Ligeramente viudas
(Writer)
Unmarried and Mother in Life
(Director)
Ligeramente viudas
(Director)
Los chicos con las chicas
(Director)
Voz
(Director)
Vida/Perra
(Director)
Volveré a nacer
(Director)
Cariñosamente infiel
(Director)
Los que tocan el piano
(Director)
El mejor regalo
(Director)
España insólita
(Director)
España insólita
(Writer)
Ni te cases ni te embarques
(Director)
Ni te cases ni te embarques
(Writer)
En busca del huevo perdido
(Director)
Continuum
(Director)
Hunchback of the Morgue
(Screenplay)
Count Dracula's Great Love
(Screenplay)
La diputada
(Director)
El amor sí tiene cura
(Writer)
El amor sí tiene cura
(Director)
Acto de posesión
(Director)
Acto de posesión
(Writer)
Battered Flesh
(Director)
Battered Flesh
(Screenplay)
Los pecados de mamá
(Director)
Consensus
(Director)
Esposa de día, amante de noche
(Director)
Esposa de día, amante de noche
(Writer)
La monja alférez
(Writer)
La monja alférez
(Director)
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
(Director)
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
(Story)
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
(Screenplay)
Pierna creciente, falda menguante
(Director)
Espectro Siete
(Director)
La iniciación en el amor
(Director)
La iniciación en el amor
(Writer)
Los oficios de Cándido
(Director)
Mujer contra toro
(Director)
Mujer contra toro
(Screenplay)
Espacio muerto
(Director)
Tiempo de pasión
(Screenplay)
Espacio muerto
(Screenplay)
Los chicos con las chicas
(Writer)
Rocky Carambola
(Director)
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
(Screenplay)
El insólito embarazo de los Martínez
(Story)
Zero/infinito
(Writer)
Zero/infinito
(Producer)
Zero/infinito
(Director)
El polizón del Ulises
(Director)
El polizón del Ulises
(Production Executive)
Vida/Perra
(Writer)
El polizón del Ulises
(Writer)
Fluctuaciones entrópicas
(Director)
Tautólogos plus X
(Director)
Impulsos ópticos en progresión geométrica
(Director)
Objetivo 40º
(Director)
Tiempo de playa
(Director)
UTS Cero
(Director)
Continuum 1
(Director)
Innerzeitigkeit (Temporalidad interna)
(Director)
Che Che Che
(Director)
Playa insólita
(Director)
Pasajes tres
(Director)
Vizcaya cuatro
(Director)
Espacio dos
(Director)
Tiempo dos
(Director)
Superficies (Gerardo Rueda)
(Director)
Vibraciones oscilatorias (Günter Haese)
(Director)
Líneas de viento
(Director)
Exósmosis (Francisco Sobrino)
(Director)
Toros tres (Guisando-Goya-Picasso)
(Director)
Los cuatro elementos
(Director)
Tiempo de pasión
(Director)
Underwelles
(Director)
Vau seis
(Director)
Blanco vertical
(Director)
Sin film III
(Director)
Sin film II
(Director)
Espacio interior (Eduardo Chillida)
(Director)
Del movimiento espontáneo de la materia (Antoni Tàpies)
(Director)
Manifiesto Horizontal
(Director)