Julio Fernández

Julio Fernández leads Filmax Entertainment, one of the main audiovisual and independent holdings based in Spain. Born in Fonsagrada (Lugo), Julio Fernández moved to Catalonia at the end of the sixties. Since then, he resides in Barcelona and has become one of the most important producers of the country. Actually, the position of his organization responds fully to the opportunities of the European and international markets in the leisure sector. His professional career has been rewarded by being Honorific member of the ESCAC- (Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisual de Catalunya), Honorific member of the Universitat de Barcelona, Chairman of the Cluster of the Galician Audiovisual, Vice-president of FAPAE (Federación de Asociaciones de Productores Audiovisuales Españoles), Member of the Academia de las Artes y de las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, Counselor of the Board of Directors for EGEDA, and Chairman of AEGACA (Asociación de Empresarios Gallegos en Cataluña y Andorra). Filmax Entertainment stands today as an organization strategically positioned in developing, producing and distributing films, emphasizing on the fantastic genre, through Fantastic Factory and animation with Filmax Animation, to the global market on home video, television and also theatrically. It employs more than 450 people, participating in the global integration of the audiovisual sector, developing an intense activity for international markets and has become number one in sales of Spanish productions to the rest of the world. Consequently, it brings up new concepts in production and distribution of contents, as well as financial management. Filmax Entertainment participates in the exhibition sector too, through joint-ventures with solid and reliable groups, building multiplexes as the Filmax Gran Vía 2 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), and the ones to be opening at the present year 2.004 in A Coruña, Lalín (Pontevedra) and Castelldefels (Barcelona).