director Grace Julia is one of Australia’s emerging talents

A triple threat, she is also an award-winning producer and bourgeoning screenwriter, who was recently awarded Screen Australia and Screen Queensland funding for a comedy series that she wrote, directed and produced.

“As an female filmmaker, I love to tell women-centred stories. As a woman in film and television, a person living with disability and as someone from a CALD background, my priorities are inclusivity and diversity in casting, crewing and storytelling in all my projects. I also put a great deal of emphasis on ensuring gender equity on my sets. Most of my body of work seen me work with talented female and non-binary creatives, actors and influencers, and I look forward to continuing to contribute to the changing face of our industry. What I bring to the table as a female director is the ability to lead a logistically complex, large-scale film production with confidence, while also being adept at conduct intimate interviews exploring emotionally challenging subjects. By having the capacity to be as vulnerable as I am steadfast, I’ve quickly become known for making documentary subjects feel at ease, even when they’ve never even been on camera before!”

While Grace lives in Queensland, she regularly travels to Sydney where she works as a local freelance commercial and narrative director.

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  • Grace Julia is a freelance commercial director whose first national TVC aired in 2020. Since then, Grace has been directing TVCs in Sydney and Brisbane for some of Australia’s best advertising agencies

  • Grace is the kind of corporate video director that just gets it: with years of experience as a field producer, Grace knows how to deliver engaging interviews and quality overlay on modest corporate budgets

  • As a female filmmaker living with disability and the daughter of a refugee, Grace is no stranger to sensitive subjects. Her warm approach and relatable nature has made her the director of choice for many health organisations

  • Grace’s career as a commercial film director was launched when a brand film she directed received international recognition and screened at the Melbourne Fashion Awards, and she remains passionate about all things lifestyle

  • An experienced comedy director, Grace has directed three web series for Instagram and TikTok, and also co-wrote a comedy series set on Queensland’s Gold Coast

  • Female director Grace Julia’s most recent narrative short, Contrition, premiered at Sydney Underground Film Festival, and she currently has a new drama project on her slate

  • Brisbane director Grace Julia loves nothing more than collaborating with Australian artists. She also directs visualisers and social media content for bands and musicians

  • Grace is the kind of film director who can never sit still. In between commercial directing and directing web series, she likes to get the creative juices flowing with experimental short form projects like visual poems and reels