Arantxa Aguirre
Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira (born 1965) is a Spanish film director specialising in documentaries. She is also a scriptwriter. She is the daughter of noted Spanish film director Javier Aguirre and Spanish actress Enriqueta Carballeira.
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Arantxa Aguirre during the 32nd Goya Awards | |
| Born | Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira 1965 (age 58–59) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Parent(s) | Javier Aguirre Enriqueta Carballeira |
Her best known film is perhaps Dancing Beethoven, which was nominated for the Goya Awards in 2017. It is about the creation of a ballet to the music of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The choreography is by Maurice Béjart. Aguirre had made an earlier film about Béjart's legacy called El esfuerzo y el ánimo ("Of Heart and Courage").
In 2018 she released El amor y el muerte ("Love and Death"). This film about the composer Enrique Granados takes its title from a piece in his piano suite Goyescas. It features noted performers of the music such as Rosa Torres-Pardo and Evgeny Kissin.