Jaime Chávarri

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-03-20 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, España

Jaime Chávarri

Biography

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 Bear...

Acting

1986

Matador

as Priest

1984

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

as Cliente 'Striptease'

2021

Berlanga!!

as Self - Filmmaker

2010

2015

The Apostate

as Padre Quirós

1980

Erotic Stories

as Exhibicionista

1971

Cake of Blood

as Henry Clerval (segment "Victor Frankenstein")

2013

Writing Heads

as Himself

2019

1987

2019

Aute retrato

as Himself

1970

Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés

as Spot Producer (uncredited)

Production

1976

1973

1971

Vampyros Lesbos

as Screenplay

1989

1989

1983

Bearn

as Director

1996

Gran Slalom

as Director

1980

Dedicated to...

as Director

1977

1967

2023

2023

2000

2004

1971

Cake of Blood

as Director

1998

1980

Erotic Stories

as Director

1980

1977

To an Unknown God

as Screenplay

1980

1970

Estado de sitio

as Director

1970

1976

School Trip

as Director

1976

School Trip

as Writer

1986

1986

El río de oro

as Director

1985

Tatuaje

as Director

1998

Tangos Are for Two

as Additional Writing

1993

Marathon

as Assistant Director

2008

1973

A Chaste Spanish Man

as Art Direction

1993

La intrusa

as Director

1969

El gran amante

as Screenplay

1967

1970

1970

Ginebra en los infiernos

as Director of Photography

1969

El gran amante

as Director

1973

Anna and the Wolves

as Art Direction

2004

1971

Cake of Blood

as Screenplay

1982

Luis y Virginia

as Director

1982

1994

La mujer duende

as Director

2021

FOMO

as Thanks

1971

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