Jaime Chávarri
Spanish film director
Jaime Chávarri (born 20 March 1943) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter, best known for his films El desencanto and Las bicicletas son para el verano.
Life and career
Chávarri's family belonged to the haute bourgeoisie. His mother Marichu de la Mora y Maura (maternal granddaughter of Antonio Maura) was a Falangist Sección Femenina activist and a fashion journalist. His aunt was Republican activist Constancia de la Mora. Chávarri had already graduated as a lawyer, when he entered the Escuela Oficial de Cine (EOC) in 1968. He abandoned his formal film studies in his second year, moving into film criticism. He wrote for Film Ideal magazine. His first film industry job was an assistant director to José Luis Borau. while devoting his spare time to make two feature-length films in super 8: Run, Blancanieves, Run in 1967, and Ginebra en los infiernos in 1969. He worked with Ivan Zulueta in his series for Spanish television named Último grito (or The Last Cry), and subsequently scripted Un dos tres...
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