Julio Medem

Julio Medem

Known for

Directing

Born

October 21, 1958 (age 67)

Birthplace

Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain

Biography

​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 m...

Best known work

Room in Rome
Room in Rome
2010
Sex and Lucía
Sex and Lucía
2001
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
1998
ma ma
ma ma
2015
The Tree of Blood
The Tree of Blood
2018
7 Days in Havana
7 Days in Havana
2012
Airbag
Airbag
1997
The Red Squirrel
The Red Squirrel
1993
Chaotic Ana
Chaotic Ana
2007
Cows
Cows
1992

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Minotaur: Picasso and the Women of Guernica

    Director, Writer

  2. TBA

    Jai Alai

    Director, Writer

  3. 2025

    8

    Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

  4. 2018

    The Tree of Blood

    Director, Screenplay, Writer

  5. 2016

    Kalebegiak

    Director, Editor, Writer

  6. 2016

    Paquita SalasTV

    as Julio Medem (1 episode)

  7. 2015

    ma ma

    Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay

  8. 2012

    7 Days in Havana

    Director, Editor

  9. 2010

  10. 2010

    Room in Rome

    Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Screenplay

  11. 2009

    Me Too

    Producer

  12. 2007

    Chaotic Ana

    Screenplay, Producer, Director, Editor

  13. 2007

    Uno por ciento, esquizofrenia

    Production Director, Producer

  14. 2004

  15. 2004

  16. 2003

    The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

    as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

  17. 2001

    Sex and Lucía

    Director, Screenplay

  18. 1998

    Lovers of the Arctic Circle

    Screenplay, Director

  19. 1997

  20. 1996

    Earth

    Screenplay, Director

  21. 1995

  22. 1995

    Lo + plusTV

    as Self - Guest (1 episode)

  23. 1993

    The Red Squirrel

    Screenplay, Director

  24. 1992

    Cows

    Director, Screenplay, Story

  25. 1988

    Martín

    Director, Writer

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