Julio Medem (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Julio Medem

Looking for reviews of films directed by Julio Medem? Cinafilm has a total of 938 reviews across 6 movies directed by Julio Medem.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 64%.

Lovers of the Arctic Circle is Julio Medem's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 255 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Julio Medem is 7 Days in Havana, with a score of 49% based on 30 reviews.

Director Biography

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 movie, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, which has been compared to the works of Krzysztof Kieślowski, he explored circular narrative and a taste for minimalistic textures that he then overcame in his next film, 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. Following this, his film Caótica Ana debuted in 2007.

Julio Medem has directed films starring Najwa Nimri, Elena Anaya, Nancho Novo and Josh Hutcherson.

Julio Medem has collaborated with these film directors: Benicio del Toro, Gaspar Noé, Pablo Trapero and Elia Suleiman.