Film & TV
Julia is an accomplished screenwriter whose films have screened at major international festivals. Her TV pilots have been short-listed for the Sundance Episodic Lab and the Austin Film Festival, and she was selected by CBC to work on Kim’s Convenience. With a distinctive voice, she creates complex, relatable characters inspired by Being John Malkovich, The Addams Family, Severance, Hacks, and The Good Place.
Theatre
Julia’s work has been produced in Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Stratford, Paris, etc. Julia’s plays are innately theatrical, often using magic realism, metaphor, and heightened language. She is fueled by questions she can’t answer alone. Her plays are available on NPX. She is open to commissions, and welcomes collaborative proposals, and productions of existing work. She has also written for dance and radio drama.
Copywriting
A creative thinker with a unique voice, Julia has written commercial spots, copy, and scripts for a variety of companies, including her Gold Craft Copywriting Award (2023) for her second commercial, “WANT” written for BetterHelp. She has also written educational content, worked on rebranding companies, and fundraising campaigns. She accepts freelance contracts for print, web and scripted work. Please reach out to inquire.
Teaching
Julia teaches playwriting classes to writers of all levels and ages over Zoom. She teaches various group classes, ranging from focusing on the fundamentals of playwriting to the development of a specific script. She also does individual coaching sessions and script reads. Email to inquire through the contact page, and see “Teaching” for upcoming classes.
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ABOUT
Julia is a writer from Toronto, Canada, who brings her distinct voice, humour, and imagination to a variety of mediums, including theatre, film, television, audio, copywriting, and prose.
Coming from theatre, Julia's plays have been produced to acclaim across North America and in Europe. Her work has been nominated for awards internationally, including the Los Angeles' Drama Critics' Circle's "Best Production" (losing to... Hamilton), and the Playwrights Guild of Canada's Tom Hendry Awards (2021 & 2022).
Julia's films have been selections at over 40 festivals worldwide, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs, Aesthetica, and SXSW. Her film & TV scripts have been shortlisted multiple times for Sundance Film Festival Development labs, and at the Austin Film Festival. She is an alumna of the Whistler Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab.
Julia's work has been published by J.G. Shilllingford Press, Baseline Press, in Intermission Magazine, She Does the City, and featured on The Hidden Station and A Moment of Your Time.
Julia was the recipient of the 2022 Gold Copywriting Award for Craft at the 100th Marketing Awards for writing "WANT". This was the second commercial spot she wrote. Her first chapbook of poetry, I've Been Thinking About Vanishing, was released by Baseline Press. It sold out twice.
Julia approaches her work with curiosity, wit, and a sense of whimsy.
She often writes from a sidestep outside of reality, exploring emotions through metaphor, and playing with heightened comedy. She focuses on female protagonists, themes of connection and mental health. And on witches, but funny ones. Her work is driven by a deep curiosity about the world and how weird it is to be a human here.