Julio Medem
Julio Medem Lafont is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.
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 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, 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
Short films
Super 8
El ciego El jueves pasado Fideos Si yo fuera poeta...- ''Teatro en Soria''
35 mm
Patas en la cabeza Las seis en punta Martín- ''El Diario Vasco''
DV
Asi se hizo "Airbag" Clecla La pelota vasca En las ramas de Ana- ''Concha''
Music video
- "Océano de sol" for Antonio Vega
Commercials
Runner for Audi's Attitudes campaign Soplo/Tendedero and Mediterraneo for Balay Vecina and Brazalete for HeinekenTV series
Books
- Aspasia Amante De Atenas