Arantxa Echevarría

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth Bilbao, Spain

Arantxa Echevarría

Biography

Arantxa Echevarría Carcedo was born in 1968 in Bilbao. 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. 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. 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). She also directed one episode of El Cid's first season. In 2022, she began shooting her third feature, Chinas.

Known For

Director

2024
Undercover

as Director

2024
2023
Chinas

as Director

2022
2021
The Perfect Family

as Director

2020
2018
Carmen & Lola

as Director

2017
7 from Etheria

as Director

2015
Me, the President

as Director

2012
1996
Menos que cero

as Assistant Director Trainee

Writer

2024
Undercover

as Screenplay

2023
Chinas

as Screenplay

2018
Carmen & Lola

as Writer

2017
7 from Etheria

as Writer

2015
Me, the President

as Screenplay

Art

2014
Arctic

as Production Design

Producer

2018
Carmen & Lola

as Executive Producer