Juan Medina

Juan José Medina

Director, Producer and Animator | Mexico

He graduated from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Guadalajara. At the same university, he studied in the TV and Video Department and began working as a filmmaker in 1995. Thanks to his co-direction of El octavo Día, la creación (2000), he has received several recognitions at festivals both in Mexico and abroad. He has also participated in a dozen productions as an animator and art director. He wrote and directed his second short film, Jaulas (2009), which won awards at several international festivals. Winner of 5 Ariel Awards from the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, from 2013 to 2015 he was a member of the National System of Art Creators. In 2015, he directed the short film ZIMBO, which has participated in more than 50 festivals, winning awards at ten of them. He directed the animation and edited the feature film Día de muertos, which he co-wrote in 2012. In 2021, he produced and directed the short film Tío. He is currently developing his debut feature film, Niño carbón.