Arantxa Echevarría

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Echevarría and the second or maternal family name is Carcedo.
Arantxa Echevarría
Echevarría at the 33rd Goya Awards in 2018 holding her award for Best New Director
Born
Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo

1968 (age 54–55)
Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
Occupations
  • Film director
  • television director
  • screenwriter
  • 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. "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. "Arantxa Echevarría, directora del Siglo XXI en Medina". El Día de Valladolid. 1 February 2019.
  4. "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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