Julia Walter
DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITERJulia is a writer/director who’s passionate about well-told stories that touch your heart, make you laugh or take your breath.
Born in 1984 in East Germany, Julia Walter studied literature and philosophy while working as an assistant director and interning at a number of film production companies. She studied directing at the prestigious University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) and graduated with a diploma in 2020.
Julias short films screened at over 150 festivals worldwide and won numerous awards, among them The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Short Film Award, The Blaue Blume Romance Award, and Student Awards at Hamptons Int. Film Festival and Winter Film Awards New York. Her short thriller JOB INTERVIEW was also part of the Next Generation Short Tiger program, a showcase of the best German short films that premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In the same year Julia was invited to the Zurich Film Festival Academy as a “High Potential Talent”. Currently Julia is working on her feature film debut, the Comedy of Errors BEING SOMEONE ELSE that got her the Katja-Eichinger-scholarship already. Also Julia and her writing partner Jakob Vogt are developing the supernatural tragicomedy STILL THERE that received script funding by FFA in 2021.
Julia lives in Munich with her Family.
© photo: Lisa Voelter
Filmographie
THE BRIDE’S PARENTS
Comedy | 100′ | Constantin Film | Scholarship Participant “Context Comedy” by Constantin Film
(in development)
BEING SOMEONE ELSE
debut feature film | Comedy Of Errors
(screenwriter, director, in financing)
STILL THERE
Romantic Tragicomedy| Lieblingsfilm | Script Development Funded by FFA
(screenwriter, director, co-writer Jakob Vogt, in development)
HOTEL OST
TV movie | Comedy | 90’ | ARD Degeto | Lieblingsfilm
(screenwriter)
FAKE FAMILY
comedy series | Concept
(screenwriter)
DARK NESS
Mind-Game-Mystery-Thriller | 90’ | Project Development Funded by FFA |
(screenwriter, director, in development)
EHE ES ENDET
family series | Rovolution Film & Mainstream Media | concept & TV pilot
(screenwriter)
HUBERT UND STALLER: Episode FAHR ZUR HÖLLE
Pre-prime-time serial on ARD| 45’ | Entertainment Factory
(screenwriter)
BUNT BLEIBEN
Short film | Comedy | 1’ | HFF Munich, Rovolution Film
(screenwriter, director)
GARDEN F(R)IEND
short film | comedy | 15’ | HFF Munich, Menelaos Film, Cocofilms u.a.
(director)
JOB INTERVIEW
short film | psychological thriller | 10’ | HFF Munich, Rovolution Film
(screenwriter, director)
WE ARE MANY
social spot & social campaign | 2x 1,5’ | HFF Munich, Rovolution Film
(director, concept)
MARTHA & KARL
short film | romance | 8’ | HFF Munich
(screenwriter, director)
MR.SCHNEIDER
short film | drama | 5´| Julia Walter Film
(screenwriter, director)
Education
Scholarship Context Comedy – the Writing Comedy Programme powered by Constantin Film
Diploma – Film Directing
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich)
Zurich Film Festival Master Class
Invitation as a High Potential Talent
Study of Literature and Philosophy
University of Erfurt
Awards
BEING SOMEONE ELSE
Katja-Eichinger-Screenwriting-Scholarship
BUNT BLEIBEN
Premiere at „Kino im Landtag“ Munich
Int. Fünf Seen Filmfestival – In Competition
Rüsselsheimer Filmtage – In Competition
Biberacher Short Film Festival – In Competition
Landshut Short Film Festival – In Competition
and more
GARDEN F(R)IEND (GARTENFEIND)
Golden Diana – Winner Golden Diana in Silver
TV-Broadcasting at ARD, BR, RBB
Miami Short Film Festival – In Competition
Central Florida Film Festival – In Competition
Winter Film Awards New York – In Competition
Intl Youth Festival Of Short Cinema “Meter“- In Competition
Frontale Filmfestival – In Competition
Les Petits Claps: Festival de courts-métrages – In Competition
Landshut Short Film Festival – In Competition
and more
JOB INTERVIEW
With honors „especially valuable“ by FBW
„Short Film of the month Juli 2014“, FBW
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Short Film Award
Next Generation Short Tiger / German Films – Showcase
Hamptons Intl Film Festival – Winner Student Award
Chennai Women’s Intl Film Festival – Winner Best Director
Chennai Women’s Intl Film Festival – Winner Best Short Film
Etheria Film Night – Winner Best Short Film
Winter Film Awards N.Y. – Winner Best Student Film
Shire Intl Short Film Festival – Certificate Of Merit
Lady Filmmakers Festival – Winner Artistic Director’s Award
Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest – Winner Best Actress
Golden Diana – Winner Golden Diana in Silver
Landshut Short Film Festival – Winner Audience Award Sprungbrett
Cork Film Festival – Best of Europe EUNIC Selection
Scenecs Intl Debut Film Festival – Nomination Dutch Golden Stone Award
Shocking Shorts Award – Finalist
and more
Over 100 festivals worldwide such as Palm Springs International ShortFest, LA SHORTS FEST, San Diego Comic-Con , Cleveland Intl Film Festival, Flickers: Rhode Island Intl Film Festival, Razor Reel Flanders Fantastic Film Festival, Fantastisk Filmfestival
WE ARE MANY (WIR SIND VIELE.)
spotlight Festival – Expert Jury Awards / Cases (Students) – Winner
MARTHA & KARL
Blaue Blume Award – Winner 1st Prize
Shorts at Moonlight – Day’s Winner
Washington West Film Festival – In Competition
ZLÍN Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth – In Competition
Intl Children’s Film Festival Krakow – In Competition
Qabila Film Festival, Ägypten – In Competition
Prokuplje Short Film Festival – In Competition
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Festival – In Competition
The Film Festival of Laughter – FIFES – In Competition
Intl. Female Film Festival Malmö – In Competition
Taglia Corti – In Competition
Haida Gwaii Film Festival – In Competition
and more