Producer Julio Fernández receives the Key to the City of Miami

The mayor of the city recognizes his work as a film producer of such successful films as The Way, Transsiberian, to the saga [REC], Perfume o Donkey Xote, without forgetting their support for the industry of the city of Miami.

Julio Fernández, founder of Filmax Last week he received the Key to the City of Miami from the mayor of the North American city, Tomás Pedro Regalado. The mayor presented this award at Miami City Hall to Julio Fernández in recognition of his great work as a film producer of such successful films as The Way, Transsiberian, to the saga [REC], Perfume o Donkey Xote, without forgetting their support for the industry of the city of Miami.

Julio Fernández is president and producer of Filmax Entertainment, one of the leading Spanish groups in the audiovisual sector and which he headed in 1987, beginning its evolution as a comprehensive audiovisual industry and with which he has produced more than a hundred titles. among which are Manolito Gafotas in It's cool to be a boss! (2001), by Joan Potau; Darkness (2002), by Jaume Balagueró; Chained words (2003), by Laura Maña; The wolf (2004), by Miguel Courtois; Tapas (2005), by José Corbacho and Juan Cruz; The managers (2006), by Fernando Guillén Cuervo; The Way (2010), by Emilio Estévez; Summer Camp (2015), Retornados (2013) or the television series Red bracelets (2011-2013),

However, it is in animated and fantastic films where he has achieved greatest success through the Fantastic Factory and Filmax Animation labels. With the first he has produced films such as the franchise REC, by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza; The Machinist (2004), they Brad Anderson; The Kovak box (2006), by Daniel Monzón; either Transsiberian (2008), also directed by Brad Anderson, among other feature films. Likewise, in relation to animated cinema, Fernández's productions have been recognized on several occasions with the Goya that awards said category: Goomer (1999), by José Luis Feito and Carlos Varela; El Cid, the legend (2003), by José Pozo; Pérez, the little mouse of your dreams (2006), by Juan Pablo Buscarini; the nocturnal (2007), by Adrià García and Víctor Maldonado.

Fernández has been one of the architects of the new stage of the Spanish audiovisual industry and has been president of the Association of Galician Entrepreneurs of Catalonia (AEGA-CAT) since 2002.

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