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Julio Médem

フリオ・メデム　/　ふりお・めでむ

Film director from Spain

October 21, 1958 (age 67)　・　San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain

Gipuzkoa
film director
screenwriter
film editor

My Take

Julio Medem is the kind of filmmaker I gravitate toward, a true author rather than a hired hand. A Basque from San Sebastián, he directs, writes and edits his own work, and that total control shows in the dreamlike texture of his films. Announcing himself with the 1993 Goya for Best New Director and the Sutherland Trophy in London, he signaled early that he was after something stranger and more personal than crowd-pleasing. His fascination with chance, fate and the Basque landscape gives his cinema a quiet, hypnotic pull. He is not for everyone, and that is precisely why discovering his work feels like a reward.

Overview

Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Julio Médem
Name (Japanese): フリオ・メデム
Reading: ふりお・めでむ
Born: October 21, 1958 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dog
Origin: San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film editor / film producer / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of the Basque Country

Awards & achievements

1993 Goya Award for Best New Director
1993 Sutherland Trophy
2008 Annual award ACFK

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.juliomedem.org
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%87%E3%83%A0

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