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Julio Medem was born in San Sebastian in northern Spain. As a teenager Medem made short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father. Some of those films are "El ciego" (1976), "El jueves pasado" (1977) and "Fideos" (1979.) Wanting to know more about the darkest corners of the human mind, Medem studied psychiatry. In 1985 Medem received a degree in medicine from the University of the Basque Country. In 1986 Medem directed "Patas en la cabeza," a 35MM short that won an award in the international Festival of Bilbao. In 1987, after winning the Telenorte prize for another short movie, "Las seis en punta", he decided to become a professional filmmaker. Medem worked as assistant, editor and screenwriter in differents projects for cinema and TV. He also wrote several screenplays, but they were all refused by most of production companies in Spain. Finally, in 1991, Medem received a call from a new production company called SOGETEL. They were interested in his script titled "Vacas," about the fight between two families during three generations, from 1875 until 1936. Medem directed the film for SOGETEL and it was released in 1992. "Vacas" was brilliantly received and became a big success. It won the Goya Award from the Spanish academy for best new director, and won prizes in the festivals of Tokyo, Torino and Alexandria. In 1993 Medem made his second movie, "La ardilla roja." "La ardilla roja" confirmed Medem's talents and won prizes in Fort Lauderdale, Bogota and Bucarest. His third movie, "Tierra," released in 1996, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. In 1998 Medem released "Los amantes del Circulo Polar," considered his best movie by most of his fans. It also became a box-office hit with more than one million spectators in Spain. "Los amantes del Circulo Polar" was also released worldwide. In 2001 his fourth movie, "Lucia y el sexo," became a huge hit and began the career of actress Paz Vega who won the Goya for best new actress. In 2003 the release of "La pelota vasca," a documentary that portrays the phenomenon of nationalism in the Basque Country of northern Spain, was very polemical.

Julio Medem is for sure the most important and original Spanish filmmaker.

Julio Medem at an event for 7 Days in Havana (2011)

After watching <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0106305/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Red Squirrel (1993)</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000040/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Stanley Kubrick</a> recommended <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000229/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Steven Spielberg</a> to hire him for <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0120746/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Mask of Zorro (1998)</a>. Spielberg contacted him, but the Spanish filmmaker rejected the job because he wanted to keep working in more personal projects.

Father of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0575524/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Peru Medem</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1840613/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Alicia Medem</a> and Ana Medem.

Brother of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0575522/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ana Medem</a>.

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