Julio Medem
Julio Medem | |
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Born | Julio Medem Lafont 21 October 1958 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)
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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
Goya Award
.
After this film he directed 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 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 |
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.
Further reading
- 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, Jesús/Rebordinos, José Luis: Contra la certeza: El cine de Julio Medem. San Sebastián/Huesca 2005
- Ituarte Pérez, Leire: El imaginario posmoderno de la feminidad en la filmografía 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, André Téchiné und Julio Medem. Bielefeld 2007
- Rodriguez, Marie-Soledad (ed.): Le cinéma 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)
External links
- Julio Medem at IMDb
- JulioMedem.org (in Spanish)