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Spanish filmmaker
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Medem
and the second or maternal family name is
Lafont
.
Julio Medem
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Medem at National Cinematheque of Mexico in 2010
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Born
| Julio Medem Lafont
(
1958-10-21
)
21 October 1958
(age 65)
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Alma mater
| University of the Basque Country
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Occupation(s)
| Director, screenwriter, producer, editor
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Years active
| 1974?present
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Spouses
|
Lola Barrera
(
m.
1976, divorced)
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Children
| 3
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Julio Medem Lafont
(born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.
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Biography
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Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in
San Sebastian
, 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 Kie?lowski
[
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
Caotica Ana
debuted in 2007.
Filmography
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Feature films
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Narrative films
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Documentary films
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Short films
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Super 8
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- 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
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- Patas en la cabeza
(
Nutty As a Fruitcake
, 1985)
- Las seis en punta
(
Six on the Dot
, 1987)
- Martin
(commissioned by
TVE
for their
Siete huellas, siete
[
Seven Tracks, Seven
] series of short films, 1988)
- El Diario Vasco
(
The Basque Daily
, 1989)
- 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
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- "Oceano de sol" for Antonio Vega (1994)
Commercials
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- Runner
for
Audi
's
Attitudes
campaign (agency: El Sindicato, 1999/2000)
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- 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
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Books
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- Aspasia Amante De Atenas (2013)
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Notes
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- ^
Rivera, Alfonso (March 22, 2010).
"Interview: Julio Medem"
.
Cineuropa.org
. Retrieved
March 15,
2011
.
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Mitchell, Elvis
(July 12, 2002).
"FILM IN REVIEW; 'Sex and Lucia'
"
.
The New York Times
.
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Marroquin, Alberto (March 24, 2023).
"De las aulas de la Universidad de Burgos a producir la ultima pelicula de Julio Medem"
.
El Correo de Burgos
.
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Hunter, Sandy (June 1, 2006).
"Manifesto Destiny"
.
Boards
. Archived from
the original
on February 17, 2012
. Retrieved
September 26,
2009
.
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"
'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
.
Further reading
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- 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, Jesus/
Rebordinos, Jose Luis
:
Contra la certeza: El cine de Julio Medem
. San Sebastian/Huesca 2005
- Ituarte Perez, Leire:
El imaginario posmoderno de la feminidad en la filmografia 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, Andre Techine und Julio Medem
. Bielefeld 2007
- Rodriguez, Marie-Soledad (ed.):
Le cinema 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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