About

Known credits:
56
Birthday:
1958-10-21
Place of birth:
Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
Website:
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Julio Medem

Overview

​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.

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Known for

Acting
2010 Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta Actor 59
Average
2003 The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone Actor Self - Interviewer 59
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1997 Airbag Actor 60
Fair

Directing
2018 The Tree of Blood Directing Director 60
Fair
2017 The Pelota Player and the Fallera Directing Director 59
Average
2016 Kalebegiak Directing Director 59
Average
2015 ma ma Directing Director 59
Average
2012 7 Days in Havana Directing Director 58
Average
2010 Room in Rome Directing Director 61
Fair
2007 Chaotic Ana Directing Director 59
Average
2004 With Good Reason Directing Director 58
Average
2003 The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone Directing Director 59
Average
2001 Sex and Lucía Directing Director 62
Fair
1998 Lovers of the Arctic Circle Directing Director 63
Fair
1996 Earth Directing Director 59
Average
1993 The Red Squirrel Directing Director 59
Average
1992 Cows Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Martín Directing Director 59
Average
1987 Six on the Dot Directing Director 59
Average
1985 Patas en la Cabeza Directing Director 59
Average
8 Directing Director N/A
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Minotaur: Picasso and the Women of Guernica Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2018 The Tree of Blood Writing Writer 60
Fair
2018 The Tree of Blood Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
2017 The Pelota Player and the Fallera Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2016 Kalebegiak Writing Writer 59
Average
2015 ma ma Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2010 Room in Rome Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
2007 Chaotic Ana Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2004 La culpa del alpinista Writing Writer N/A
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2003 The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone Writing Writer 59
Average
2001 Sex and Lucía Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1998 Lovers of the Arctic Circle Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1996 Earth Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1995 Hi, Are You Alone? Writing Author 58
Average
1993 The Red Squirrel Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1992 Cows Writing Story 59
Average
1992 Cows Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1988 Martín Writing Writer 59
Average
8 Writing Writer N/A
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Minotaur: Picasso and the Women of Guernica Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2015 ma ma Production Producer 59
Average
2010 Room in Rome Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
2009 Me Too Production Producer 59
Average
2007 Chaotic Ana Production Producer 59
Average
2007 Uno por ciento, esquizofrenia Production Production Director 59
Average
2003 The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone Production Producer 59
Average
1987 Six on the Dot Production Producer 59
Average
8 Production Producer N/A
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Editing
2016 Kalebegiak Editing Editor 59
Average
2015 ma ma Editing Editor 59
Average
2012 7 Days in Havana Editing Editor 58
Average
2010 Room in Rome Editing Editor 61
Fair
2007 Chaotic Ana Editing Editor 59
Average
2003 The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone Editing Editor 59
Average
1987 Six on the Dot Editing Editor 59
Average