Joseph Medina(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Joseph Medina, Writer/Director A native of the Dominican Republic,
Medina moved to New York City in 1985 to attend The City College of New
York, where he studied film and television production. Medina produced
the Spanish language blockbuster, Nueba Yol (released theatrically
worldwide in 1995), the highest grossing film ever in the Dominican
Republic. He followed with his directorial debut, In Search Of A Dream
(released theatrically in 1997), the first ever Spanish-language S.A.G.
film to be shot in the United States. Medina is also one of the most
sought-after music video directors in the Latin music industry. His
list of clients reads like a 'who's who' in the Latin music world:
Celia Cruz, Aventura, Proyecto Uno, El General, Wilfrido Vargas, Alex
Bueno, El Canario, Darril Pandy, Kinito Mendez and many more. In 1997,
Medina was the proud recipient of the TV Revista Latin Music Video
Award for producing and directing. In 2003, he received a nomination
for Los Premios Cassandra (the Dominican equivalent of the Grammys) for
directing Aventura's Obsession music video. Medina is currently working
as writer-director-producer on Dreamers, an interactive film to be
released on DVD. Medina's most recent film, Granpa, is a dramatic
comedy with an all-star cast, including _El General, Ruben Blades,
Ruperto Vanderpool, Fernando Arau, Wanda Acuna, _Dorismar El Pibe,
Johnny Pacheco, Raymond Pozo, Allejandra Gutierrez, Omar Alfanno, among
others.