Julia is an Iranian-American writer & director whose work spans across narrative, documentary, and commercial landscapes. Through film, she aims to shed light on underrepresented stories that capture life’s candid beauty.
At age 19, her short film Yasamin, based on her mother’s story of immigration, was a Grand Jury Prize Nominee at the 2018 AFI Film Festival. In 2022, she associate-produced the short documentary Long Line of Ladies which world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won the grand jury prize at SXSW, and was picked up by The New York Times Op-Docs.
Julia has done work for clients such as Amazon, Hims, and Camino Healthcare amongst others. She was selected as a finalist for the 2023 Commercial Directors Diversity Program, endorsed by the AICP and the Directors Guild of America (DGA).