Julio Medem

Julio Medem
Julio Medem
	Medem at National Cinematheque of Mexico in 2010
Born	Julio Medem Lafont; 21 October 1958 (age 66); San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Alma mater	University of the Basque Country
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter, producer, editor
Years active	1974–present
Spouses	; Lola Barrera (m. 1976, divorced) Montse Sanz;
Children	3

Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.^[1]

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^{[citation needed]}. In 2002 was released his following film, Sex and Lucia.^[2]

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.

Filmography

Feature films

Narrative films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Ref.
1991	Cows	Yes	Yes	No	No
1993	The Red Squirrel	Yes	Yes	No	No
1996	Earth	Yes	Yes	No	No
1998	Lovers of the Arctic Circle	Yes	Yes	No	No
2001	Sex and Lucia	Yes	Yes	No	No
2007	Chaotic Ana	Yes	Yes	Executive	Yes
2010	Room in Rome	Yes	Yes	Executive	Yes
2015	Ma Ma	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2018	The Tree of Blood	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TBD	8	Yes				^[3]

Documentary films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor
2003	The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2006	Uno por ciento, esquizofrenia	No	Idea	Yes	Yes

Short films

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

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

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

"Océano de sol" for Antonio Vega (1994)

Commercials

Runner for Audi's Attitudes campaign (agency: El Sindicato, 1999/2000)^[4]
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

Jai Alai ( 2023)^[5]

Books

Aspasia Amante De Atenas (2013)^[6]

Notes

^ Rivera, Alfonso (March 22, 2010). "Interview: Julio Medem". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
^ Mitchell, Elvis (July 12, 2002). "FILM IN REVIEW; 'Sex and Lucía'". The New York Times.
^ Marroquín, Alberto (March 24, 2023). "De las aulas de la Universidad de Burgos a producir la última película de Julio Medem". El Correo de Burgos.
^ Hunter, Sandy (June 1, 2006). "Manifesto Destiny". Boards. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
^ "'Jai Alai', la anunciada serie de Julio Medem, toma impulso". El Correo (in Spanish). November 26, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
^ "Aspasia, Amante De Atenas de Medem, Julio 978-84-670-3476-9". www.todostuslibros.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 8, 2022.

External links

Julio Medem at IMDb
JulioMedem.org (in Spanish)

[1] Rivera, Alfonso (March 22, 2010). "Interview: Julio Medem". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved March 15, 2011.

[2] Mitchell, Elvis (July 12, 2002). "FILM IN REVIEW; 'Sex and Lucía'". The New York Times.

[3] Marroquín, Alberto (March 24, 2023). "De las aulas de la Universidad de Burgos a producir la última película de Julio Medem". El Correo de Burgos.

[4] Hunter, Sandy (June 1, 2006). "Manifesto Destiny". Boards. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2009.

[5] "'Jai Alai', la anunciada serie de Julio Medem, toma impulso". El Correo (in Spanish). November 26, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2022.

[6] "Aspasia, Amante De Atenas de Medem, Julio 978-84-670-3476-9". www.todostuslibros.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 8, 2022.

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