Julio Médem
Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.
Also recorded as Julio Medem · Julio Medem Lafont
Julio Médem
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- Born
- 1958. · San Sebastián.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, film editor, film producer and director.
- Education
- University of the Basque Country.
- Honours
- Goya Award for Best New Director, Sutherland Trophy and Annual award ACFK.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Biography
Biography
Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention. After college graduation, with degrees in Medicine and General Surgery, he worked as a film critic and later as a screenwriter, assistant director and editor. After a few shorts, he directed his first full-length feature, Vacas (Cows) for which he won a Goya Award. After this film he directed The Red Squirrel and Earth, both receiving good reviews at Cannes. His next film, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, has been compared to the works of Krzysztof Kieślowski. In 2002 was released his following film, Sex and Lucia. Medem explored the documentary format with his next production La pelota vasca ('The Basque Ball'), a film about the political problems of the Basque Country, which caused a furor amongst some victims of terrorism and far right politicians. Following this, his film Caótica Ana debuted in 2007.
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Julio Médem, a film director, screenwriter and film producer, was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastián. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Super 8
Super 8
El ciego (The Blind, 1974) El jueves pasado (Last Thursday, 1977) Fideos (Noodles, 1979) Si yo fuera poeta... (If I Were a Poet, 1981) Teatro en Soria (Theatre in Soria, 1982)
35 mm
35 mm
Patas en la cabeza (Nutty As a Fruitcake, 1985) Las seis en punta (Six on the Dot, 1987) Martín (commissioned by TVE for their Siete huellas, siete [Seven Tracks, Seven] series of short films, 1988) El Diario Vasco (The Basque Daily, 1989)
DV
DV
Asi se hizo "Airbag" (making of Juanma Bajo Ulloa's film Airbag, 1997) Clecla (commissioned by notodofilmfest.com, 2001) La pelota vasca (segment of ¡Hay motivo! [There Is Reason!], 2003) En las ramas de Ana (In Ana's Branches, commissioned by es:Fotogramas and Nokia for their N_ature movies series of short films, 2007) Concha (Mussel, video installation commissioned by Acciona and shown at Expo 2008, 2008)
Music video
Music video
"Océano de sol" for Antonio Vega (1994)
Commercials
Commercials
Runner for Audi's Attitudes campaign (agency: El Sindicato, 1999/2000) Soplo/Tendedero (Waft/Clothesline) and Mediterraneo (Mediterranean) for Balay (agency: FCB Tapsa, 2002) Vecina (Neighbour) and Brazalete (Bracelet) for Heineken (agency: Dayax, 2003)
TV series
TV series
Jai Alai (2023)
Books
Aspasia Amante De Atenas (2013)
Julio Medem en su visita a la Cineteca Nacional, México, 2010.
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Julio Medem y Montse Sanz en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya 2024 celebrados en Valladolid
Pedro J Pacheco
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- 1.Rivera, Alfonso. Interview: Julio Medem. Cineuropa.org. March 22, 2010.
- 2.Mitchell, Elvis. FILM IN REVIEW; 'Sex and Lucía'. The New York Times. July 12, 2002.
- 3.Marroquín, Alberto. De las aulas de la Universidad de Burgos a producir la última película de Julio Medem. El Correo de Burgos. 24 March 2023.
- 4.Martinez, Luis. Julio Medem: "La única manera de acabar con el trauma de la Guerra Civil es celebrar juntos una ceremonia del perdón". El Correo de Burgos. 16 March 2025.
- 5.Hunter, Sandy. Manifesto Destiny. Boards. June 1, 2006.
- 6.'Jai Alai', la anunciada serie de Julio Medem, toma impulso. El Correo. 2021-11-26.
- 7.Aspasia, Amante De Atenas de Medem, Julio 978-84-670-3476-9. www.todostuslibros.com.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Stone, Rob: Julio Medem. Manchester 2007 (Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers)
- Evans, Jo: Julio Medem. London 2007 (Critical Guides to Spanish & Latin American Texts and Films; 71)
- Angulo, Jesús/Rebordinos, José Luis: Contra la certeza: El cine de Julio Medem. San Sebastián/Huesca 2005
- Ituarte Pérez, Leire: El imaginario posmoderno de la feminidad en la filmografía de Juanma Bajo Ulloa y Julio Medem. Bilbao 2007 (Tesis doctorales)
- Bochnig, Julia: Von der großen Sehnsucht zu fliehen": Die Filme von Julio Medem. Remscheid 2005 (Filmstudien; 37)
- Strigl, Sandra: Traumreisende: Eine narratologische Studie der Filme von Ingmar Bergman, André Téchiné und Julio Medem. Bielefeld 2007
- Rodriguez, Marie-Soledad (ed.): Le cinéma de Julio Medem. Paris 2008
- Falcioni, Davide: L'immagine eccessiva: Julio Medem e il suo universo magico. Bellocchi di Fano 2004 (Quaderni del Fano International Film Festival/Papermoon; 2)
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