Aranda is a Spanish director and screenwriter, who made his debut with the film
Left-Handed Fate (Fata Morgana, 1965). He also made
Girl with the Golden Panties (La muchacha de las bragas de oro, 1980),
Lovers (Amantes, 1991), which won the Goya Spanish film award in 1992, and
Intruder (Intruso, 1993),
Freedomfighters (Libertarias, 1996),
Mad Love (Juana la Loca, 2001) and
Carmen (2003).