Arantxa Echevarría
Echevarría at the 33rd Goya Awards in 2018 holding her award for Best New Director
Born
Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo

1968 (age 55–56)
Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
Occupations
  • Film director
  • television director
  • screenwriter
  • producer

Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo (born 1968) is a Spanish filmmaker and television producer.

Biography

Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo was born in 1968 in Bilbao.[1][2] 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.[3] She has worked in cinema and television since 1991.[3]

Her short film De noche y de pronto earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film.[1]

Her feature debut Carmen & Lola (2018) earned her the Goya Award for Best New Director, past her fifties.[4] It was followed by her second feature The Perfect Family (2021).[5] She also directed one episode of El Cid's first season.[4] In 2022, she began shooting her third feature, Chinas.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mira dos de los cortos nominados al Goya". ABC. 7 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Belategui, Oskar (31 January 2019). "Arantxa Echevarría: «No quiero que se me conozca como la directora lesbiana»". El Correo.
  3. 1 2 "Arantxa Echevarría, directora del Siglo XXI en Medina". El Día de Valladolid. 1 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Arantxa Echevarría tras rodar su segundo largo: "Yo quiero pegar tiros"". Agencia EFE. 23 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Arantxa Echevarría hace humor con 'La familia perfecta': "Con el trabajo se ha creado una trampa para las mujeres"". Europa Press. 30 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Silvestre, Juan (12 July 2022). "'Chinas': así es la nueva película de Arantxa Echevarría". Fotogramas.
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