Arantxa Echevarría Explained

Birth Name:	Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo
Birth Place:	Bilbao, Biscay, Spain

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

Biography

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

Her short film De noche y de pronto earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film.^[3]

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

Notes and References

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