Jaime Chávarri
Spanish film director born in Madrid. Graduated in Law, he never practiced as a lawyer. He later studied for two years at the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía and worked as a film critic for the magazine Film Ideal while making several short films in super-8. His first solo feature film was Los viajes escolares (1974). In 1976 he released El desencanto, a biographical documentary about the poet Leopoldo Panero. The film was awarded the Best Film Award by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. A un dios desconocido (1977) starred Héctor Alterio and its script was written by Elías Querejeta. It was followed by Dedicatoria (1980) and Bearn o la sala de las muñecas (1983), starring Fernando Rey, Imanol Arias and Ángela Molina. One of his most recognized works is Las bicicletas son para el verano (1984), based on a play by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film, starring Agustín González, Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes and Gabino Diego, is set during the Spanish Civil War. El río de oro (1986) stars Ángela Molina. It is followed by Las cosas del querer (1989), in whose script Fernando Colomo participated. Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas (1992) is a comedy starring Gabino Diego, Marisa Paredes and Imanol Arias. In 1994 he directed the sequel to Las cosas del querer with the same actors. A year later he released Gran Slalom (1996), with a script by Rafael Azcona. The film stars Juanjo Puigcorbé and Pilar Bardem, among others. The following year he directed a Spanish-Argentine co-production entitled Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando (1997). In 2002 he directed Besos para todos, starring Emma Suárez and Eloy Azorín and in 2004 El año del diluvio, an adaptation of the novel by Eduardo Mendoza. His latest feature film was Camarón (2005), for which he co-wrote the script with Álvaro del Amo. The film is based on the biography of the flamenco singer José Monje Cruz, Camarón de la Isla, who is given life by the actor Óscar Jaenada in a splendid characterization. The film won three Goya awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Leading Actor.
Matador
(Sacerdote)
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
(Cliente 'Striptease')
Un cine como tú en un país como éste
Howard Hawks, San Sebastián 1972
Berlanga!!
(Self - Filmmaker)
All Night Long
(Self)
The Apostate
(Padre Quirós)
A flor de piel (C)
Erotic Stories
(Exhibicionista)
Cake of Blood
(Henry Clerval (segment "Victor Frankenstein"))
24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
(Self)
Ida y vuelta
Writing Heads
(Himself)
Cuento Chino
(Paco)
The Impeccable Sinner
(El cura)
Aute retrato
(Himself)
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
(Spot Producer (uncredited))
National Heritage
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
La casa de los retratos
Cerré los ojos y me hablaron las hormigas
(Julio)
Lo + plus
(Self - Guest)
The Disenchantment
(Director)
The Spirit of the Beehive
(Art Direction)
Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend
(Director)
Vampyros Lesbos
(Screenplay)
The Things of Love
(Writer)
The Things of Love
(Director)
Bearn
(Director)
Gran Slalom
(Director)
Dedicated to...
(Director)
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
(Writer)
To an Unknown God
(Director)
Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend
(Writer)
Run, Blancanieves, Run
(Director)
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
(Writer)
La manzana de oro
(Director)
La manzana de oro
(Writer)
Kisses for Everyone
(Director)
El año del diluvio
(Director)
The Things of Love: Part 2
(Director)
Cake of Blood
(Director)
Tangos Are for Two
(Director)
Erotic Stories
(Director)
Erotic Stories
(Writer)
To an Unknown God
(Screenplay)
After All These Years
(Thanks)
Cuentos para una escapada
(Director)
Dedicated to...
(Writer)
Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
(Director)
Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
(Writer)
Cuentos para una escapada
(Writer)
Bicycles Are for the Summer
(Director)
Estado de sitio
(Director)
Estado de sitio
(Writer)
School Trip
(Director)
School Trip
(Writer)
El río de oro
(Writer)
El río de oro
(Director)
Tatuaje
(Director)
Madrid 11-M: todos íbamos en ese tren
(Director)
Tangos Are for Two
(Additional Writing)
Marathon
(Assistant Director)
Ginebra en los infiernos
(Director)
I'm the One You're Looking For
(Director)
Vampyros Lesbos
(Story)
A Chaste Spanish Man
(Art Direction)
La intrusa
(Director)
El gran amante
(Screenplay)
Run, Blancanieves, Run
(Screenplay)
Ginebra en los infiernos
(Screenplay)
Ginebra en los infiernos
(Editor)
Ginebra en los infiernos
(Director of Photography)
El gran amante
(Director)
Anna and the Wolves
(Art Direction)
El año del diluvio
(Writer)
Cake of Blood
(Screenplay)
Luis y Virginia
(Director)
Luis y Virginia
(Writer)
La mujer duende
(Director)
FOMO
(Thanks)
El camino del cielo
(Editor)
I'm the One You're Looking For
(Writer)
Softly from Paris
(Director)