2023Nominee
Best Director
Chinas
Arantxa Echevarría
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Bilbao, Spain
Biography
Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo was born in 1968 in Bilbao. She studied a degree in Sciences of the Image and a specialization in audiovisual production at the Complutense University of Madrid, and pursued further studies at Sydney Community College. She has worked in cinema and television since 1991. Her short film De noche y de pronto earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film. Her feature debut Carmen & Lola (2018) earned her the Goya Award for Best New Director, past her fifties. It was followed by her second feature The Perfect Family (2021). She also directed one episode of El Cid's first season. In 2022, she began shooting her third feature, Chinas.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Nominee
Best Director
Carmen & Lola
2024Nominee
Best Director
Politically Incorrect
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Director
Undercover
2021Highlight
Best Director
The Perfect Family
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Carmen & Lola
Politically Incorrect
A Sucker's Born Every Minute