- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 20, 1943
- Place of Birth
- Madrid, España
Jaime Chávarri
Spanish film director born in Madrid. Graduated in Law, he never practiced as a lawyer. He later studied for two years at the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía and worked as a film critic for the magazine Film Ideal while making several short films in super-8. His first solo feature film was Los viajes escolares (1974). In 1976 he released El desencanto, a biographical documentary about the poet Leopoldo Panero. The film was awarded the Best Film Award by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. A un dios desconocido (1977) starred Héctor Alterio and its script was written by Elías Querejeta. It was followed by Dedicatoria (1980) and Bearn o la sala de las muñecas (1983), starring Fernando Rey, Imanol Arias and Ángela Molina. One of his most recognized works is Las bicicletas son para el verano (1984), based on a play by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film, starring Agustín González, Vic…
Filmography
movieShe Walks in Darkness
2025 · Txiki el Viejo
movieThe Last Rapture
2025 · Self
movieLa manzana de oro
2023 · Director, Writer
movieCerré los ojos y me hablaron las hormigas
2023 · Julio
movieLa casa de los retratos
2023
movieBerlanga!!
2021 · Self - Filmmaker
movieFOMO
2021 · Thanks
movieCuento Chino
2019 · Paco
movieAute retrato
2019 · Himself
movieThe Apostate
2015 · Padre Quirós
movieWriting Heads
2013 · Self
movie24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
2012 · Self
Un cine como tú en un país como éste
movieUn cine como tú en un país como éste
2010
movieAll Night Long
2010 · Self
movieVampyros Lesbos
2008 · Story
movieCamarón: When Flamenco Became Legend
2005 · Director, Writer
movieMadrid 11-M: todos íbamos en ese tren
2005 · Director
movieEl año del diluvio
2004 · Director, Writer
movieHoward Hawks, San Sebastián 1972
2003
movieKisses for Everyone
2000 · Director
Arrebatos
movieArrebatos
1998
movieTangos Are for Two
1998 · Director, Additional Writing
movieSombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
1996
movieGran Slalom
1996 · Director
tvLo + plus
1995 · Self - Guest
movieThe Things of Love: Part 2
1995 · Director
movieLa mujer duende
1994 · Director
movieAfter All These Years
1994 · Thanks
movieLa intrusa
1993 · Director
movieTierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
1993 · Director, Writer
movieMarathon
1993 · Assistant Director
movieThe Things of Love
1989 · Director, Writer
movieI'm the One You're Looking For
1989 · Director, Writer
movieThe Impeccable Sinner
1987 · El cura
tvSoftly from Paris
1986 · Director
movieMatador
1986 · Priest
movieEl río de oro
1986 · Director, Writer
Tatuaje
movieTatuaje
1985 · Director
movieWhat Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984 · Cliente 'Striptease'
movieBicycles Are for the Summer
1984 · Director
movieBearn
1983 · Director
Luis y Virginia
movieLuis y Virginia
1982 · Director, Writer
movieCuentos para una escapada
1981 · Director, Writer
movieNational Heritage
1981
movieDedicated to...
1980 · Director, Writer
movieErotic Stories
1980 · Exhibicionista, Director, Writer
movieWhat's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1978 · Writer
movieTo an Unknown God
1977 · Director, Screenplay
movieSchool Trip
1976 · Director, Writer
movieThe Disenchantment
1976 · Director
movieA flor de piel (C)
1974
movieA Chaste Spanish Man
1973 · Art Direction
movieThe Spirit of the Beehive
1973 · Art Direction
movieAnna and the Wolves
1973 · Art Direction
movieVampyros Lesbos
1971 · Screenplay
movieCake of Blood
1971 · Henry Clerval (segment "Victor Frankenstein"), Director, Screenplay
El camino del cielo
movieEl camino del cielo
1971 · Editor
Estado de sitio
movieEstado de sitio
1970 · Director, Writer
movieGinebra en los infiernos
1970 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor
movieUn, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
1969 · Spot Producer (uncredited), Writer
movieEl gran amante
1969 · Screenplay, Director
movieIda y vuelta
1968
movieRun, Blancanieves, Run
1967 · Director, Screenplay