1991Nominee
Best Director
High Heels
Arantxa Aguirre
Director · Writer
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
January 1, 1965
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Writing
Freedom to Dreams
1990Nominee
Best Director
Ay, Carmela!
Career Highlights
2018Highlight
Best Writing
El amor y la muerte
2017Highlight
Best Director
Dancing Beethoven