Julio Medem

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1958-10-21 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain

Also Known As Julio Médem, Julio Medem

Julio Medem

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julio Medem (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish writer and film director. Medem was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country 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 (where he earned 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. In his next movie, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, which has been compared to the works of Krzysztof Kieślowski, he explored circular narrative and a taste for minimalistic textures that he then overcame in his next film, Sex and Lucia, where the plot dissolves into a very lyrical eroticism. After this film he took a tangent from his style to direct and produce La pelota vasca ('The Basque Ball'), a documentary film about the political problems of the Basque Country, which caused a furor amongst Spain's right wing politicians. Following this, his film Caótica Ana debuted in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julio Medem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

8

as Director

2018
The Tree of Blood

as Director

2016
Kalebegiak

as Director

2015
ma ma

as Director

2012
7 Days in Havana

as Director

2010
Room in Rome

as Director

2007
Chaotic Ana

as Director

2004
With Good Reason

as Director

2001
Sex and Lucía

as Director

1996
Earth

as Director

1993
The Red Squirrel

as Director

1992
Cows

as Director

1988
Martín

as Director

1987
Six on the Dot

as Director

1985
Patas en la Cabeza

as Director

Writer

8

as Writer

2018
The Tree of Blood

as Screenplay

2018
2016
Kalebegiak

as Writer

2015
ma ma

as Screenplay

2010
Room in Rome

as Screenplay

2007
Chaotic Ana

as Screenplay

2001
Sex and Lucía

as Screenplay

1998
1996
Earth

as Screenplay

1995
1993
The Red Squirrel

as Screenplay

1992
Cows

as Screenplay

1992
Cows

as Story

1988
Martín

as Writer

Producer

8

as Producer

2015
ma ma

as Producer

2010
Room in Rome

as Executive Producer

2009
Me Too

as Producer

2007
Chaotic Ana

as Producer

2007
Uno por ciento, esquizofrenia

as Production Director

1987
Six on the Dot

as Producer

Editor

2016
Kalebegiak

as Editor

2015
ma ma

as Editor

2012
2010
Room in Rome

as Editor

2007
Chaotic Ana

as Editor

1987
Six on the Dot

as Editor

Actor

2016
Paquita Salas

as Julio Medem

2003
1997
1995
Lo + plus

as Self - Guest