Julio Ponce Palmieri

Julio Ponce Palmieri was born on Sep 06, 1974 in Guatemala. Julio Ponce Palmieri's big-screen debut came with Riding with Jack directed by Miklos Philips in 2003. Julio Ponce Palmieri is known for Encrucijada directed by Julio Ponce Palmieri, Fernando Galvez stars as Tomas and Manolo Gallardo Rubio as Padre. Julio Ponce Palmieri has got 5 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Julio Ponce Palmieri achieved is Action on Film International Film Festival, USA. The upcoming new movie Julio Ponce Palmieri plays is Rabid Rage which will be released on Nov 06, 2009.

A multiple award winning writer and filmmaker, Julio was awarded a "Webby Honoree" with his sci-fi "2012" web series under the extremely competitive Drama category at the 16th edition of the Webby Awards. Julio has also won the "Filmmaker On The Rise" & "Best Screenplay" in NYC, as well as his films having received numerous accolades and nominations in various film festivals all over the world. The innovative filmmaker has also been directly showcased in prestigious film festivals in Italy, Guatemala and New York City.Being the founder and creative director of Quetzal Productions, since 2005 Julio has been the producer, writer and director of three feature films, two web series and over half a dozen short films. The short films enjoyed world-wide distribution with Ouat Media and were broadcast regularly on TV in channels in Canada, USA and Guatemala. Julio's feature film Rabid Rage enjoyed theatrical release in Guatemala having played in numerous cinemas successfully. It was also distributed worldwide where it enjoyed play in Canada, USA, Guatemala, South Korea, Germany and Russia.Specializing in adaptations, Julio has successfully brought to the screen stories such as "Machiavelli's The Prince", "Plato's Myth Of The Cave" and "The Hubris Of Sisyphus" and now in development the epic tale of "Gilgamesh". Also proficient in documentaries, Julio traveled to Venezuela for the titled "Simon Bolivar: Path To Glory" where he served as the screenwriter and associate producer for the project.Julio's film festival experience also include jury duties in Mexico's largest short film festival "Cine A Las Calles", including Guatemala's first edition of such. He also contributed as an Advisory Board member for NYIFF where he represented Canada and Guatemala and was in charge of bringing movies from those country forward to the festival director.