- Julio Médem
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name = Julio Médem
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birthname = Julio Médem
birthdate = birth date and age|1958|10|21
location = flagicon|SpainSan Sebastián ,Spain
occupation =filmmaker
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goyaawards = Goya Award for "'Vacas "Julio Médem (born
21 October 1958 ) is a SpanishBasque writer andfilm 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 inMedicine andGeneral Surgery ) he worked as afilm 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 aGoya Award .After this film he directed "
La ardilla roja " ('The Red Squirrel') and "Tierra" ('Earth'), both receiving good reviews at Cannes. In his next movie, "Los amantes del círculo polar " ('The Lovers of the Arctic Circle'), which has been compared to the works ofKrzysztof Kieślowski , he explored circular narrative and a taste for minimalistic textures that he then overcame in his next film, "Lucía y el sexo " ('Sex and Lucia'), where the plot dissolves into a very lyrical eroticism. After this film he took a tangent from his style to direct and produce "La pelota vasca " ('The Basque Ball'), a documentary film about the political problems of the Basque Country, which caused a furor amongst Spain's right wing politicians.Filmography
Features
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Vacas " ("Cows", 1991)
*"La ardilla roja " ("The Red Squirrel", 1993)
*"Tierra" ("Earth", 1996)
*"Los amantes del círculo polar " ("Lovers of the Arctic Circle", 1998)
*"Lucía y el sexo " ("Sex and Lucía", 2001)
*"Caótica Ana " ("Chaotic Ana", 2007)horts
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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)
*"Patas en la cabeza " ("Nutty As a Fruitcake", 1985)
*"Las seis en punta " ("Six on the Dot", 1987)
*"Martín" (1988)
*"¡Hay motivo! " ("There Is Reason!", 2004)
**segment: "La pelota Vasca"Documentaries
*"" ("The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone", 2003)
External links
*imdb name|id=0575523|name=Julio Medem
* [http://www.juliomedem.org/ JulioMedem.org] (es icon)
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