Born in Eibar (Guipúzcoa), Spain in 1948, Aguirresarobe has photographed dozens of films for directors such as Fernando Trueba, Pedro Almodóvar, Alejandro Amenábar, Milos Forman, and Woody Allen on films such as THE OTHERS starring Nicole Kidman, and THE SEA INSIDE starring Javier Bardem. Javier has twice collaborated with Woody Allen on VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA starring Penelope Cruz, and BLUE JASMINE starring Kate Blanchett. He shot GOYA’s GHOSTS starring Javier Bardem for master filmmaker Milos Forman  and shot all three TWILIGHT films starring Robert Pattinson, and Kristen Stewart. 

Javier shot the recently released POLTERGEIST, THE FINEST HOURS starring Chris Pine and GOOSEBUMPS starring Jack Black.

Javier has won several Goya (Spanish Academy) Awards, has been nominated for a BAFTA Award, and won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.