Julia was thrilled to reprise her role as Dr. Bright in an Epilogue episode of “The Bright Sessions,” which is currently celebrating its 10-year anniversary. Available to listen to wherever you get your podcasts.
This month, Julia also filmed a commercial for HumanSignal.
September 2025
Julia is excited to be a 2025 Fellow at BendFilm Basecamp with her feature film, “Something About the Tide.”
Also this month, Julia will be participating in Theatre Diaspora’s inaugural Pitch Party where she will be pitching (and performing in an excerpt from) the play “36 Views” by Naomi Iizuka. The event will be on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 7PM.
August 2025
Julia is thrilled to have been awarded a $20k Impact Grant from Oregon Film for her feature film “Something About the Tide.”
This month, Julia filmed a supporting role in the feature film "Wishful Thinking," written/directed by Graham Parkes, starring Maya Hawke and Lewis Pullman. She also filmed an educational video for the ODHS.
July 2025
Julia's feature screenplay, "Something About the Tide" is a Semifinalist in the Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition and a Quarter-finalist in the PAGE Awards.
Also this month, Julia booked and filmed a commercial for Panda Express.
June 2025
Julia has been selected as a fellow in the 2025 Plenty of Pie Talent Incubator with her feature film, “Something About the Tide.” The project is also participating in the AAPI Renaissance Rally in Seed&Spark for a chance to pitch with Gold House at TIFF.
Also this month, Julia booked a commercial for Abbott with AKQA and an educational nursing video for Influents Innovations.
May 2025
“Dragonfly” is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and Samansa. This month, Julia will be recording a voice-over role for the short film, “Spirit Moves” by Yuriko Lee.
Julia is now repped by The Option Agency in Portland, Oregon.
April 2025
Julia is thrilled to have been selected as a fellow of the inaugural Moonshot Feature Accelerator with her feature film, “Something About the Tide.”
Julia will be participating in a livestream Q&A as part of the 10-year anniversary of “The Bright Sessions” on Saturday, April 26 at 4:00 PM PT.
March 2025
The horror short film, “At Skyview Enterprises” will be screening at the McMinnville Short Film Festival on Saturday, March 1 at 9:00 PM. Julia plays the supporting role of Grace.
February 2025
Julia is thrilled to have booked another video campaign for 6Sense which filmed this month.
“Improvements,” a short psychological horror film starring Julia, will be premiering at the McMinnville Short Film Festival on Friday, February 28th at 12:30 PM. Following the screening, Julia will also be moderating a panel about short film distribution.
Also this month, Julia’s feature screenplay, “Something About the Tide,” advanced to the semifinalist rounds of the Moonshot Feature Accelerator, Creative Screenwriting’s Unique Voices, and the Screencraft Film Fund.
January 2025
Julia’s feature screenplay, “Something About the Tide” has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Moonshot Feature Accelerator, the Screencraft Film Fund, and the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition. Her TV pilot, “Where We Came From” has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Cinestory TV Pilot Contest.
November 2024
Julia's short screenplay, "Tomorrow, I Promise" has been selected as one of the fellowship winners of the WeScreenplay Short Script Lab, which will take place in February 2025. The script is inspired by Julia's paternal grandfather and the draft resistance at Heart Mountain incarceration camp in 1944.
Julia is thrilled to have been awarded the Amplify Portland Grant through the Portland Film & Events Office and Travel Portland for her feature film “Something About the Tide.”
”Dragonfly” has partnered with Alexander Street for distribution in the education market. The film has its final festival screening this month at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (online only) Nov. 7-17.
October 2024
Julia is thrilled to be attending the Cinestory Feature Retreat with her feature script "Something About the Tide," which was the winner of the Hagan-Hicks Scholarship for Underrepresented Women's Voices.
Julia is thrilled to be attending this year’s CineStory Feature Retreat in October after her script, “Something About the Tide” placed as a Top 8 Finalist and she was awarded a scholarship. The script was also a quarter-finalist in the Academy Nicholl and semifinalist in the Screencraft Film Fund.
This month, "Dragonfly" will be screening at the Legendary Makers Market in Portland, Oregon on Friday, July 26th at 6:00 PM, followed by a filmmaker Q&A.
Julia's feature screenplay, "Something About the Tide" has is a quarter-finalist in the Cinestory Foundation's Feature Retreat and the Screencraft Film Fund. The project was accepted by Film Independent for fiscal sponsorship. Julia's short film in development, "Tomorrow, I Promise" (working title) advanced to the second round of the Creative Capital Award and the quarter-finals of the Screencraft Film Fund.
June 2024
Julia was absolutely thrilled this month to be one of five finalists to pitch her feature screenplay "Something About the Tide" at the Tribeca Film Festival as part of AT&T's Untold Stories alongside director Desdemona Chiang, for a chance to win a $1 million production grant. Sadly, her film was not awarded the grant, but the production team is hoping the exposure from the opportunity will open other doors toward financing and are aiming for principal photography in 2025. You can watch a recording of the live pitch on Youtube here.
Also this month, "Dragonfly" screened at the Bentonville Film Festival on June 12th and the Lighthouse Int'l Film Festival on June 9th. Additionally, Julia filmed a local commercial spot for Garlico, and the 6Sense & LinkedIn commercial that she filmed earlier this year is now available online (check out episode 1).
May 2024
"Dragonfly" was awarded the Gold Award for Best Short Film at the inaugural Hillsboro Film Festival in Hillsboro, Oregon after its screening on May 3rd!
Also this month, Julia's feature screenplay, "Something About the Tide" advanced to the Semifinalist round of the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship.
April 2024
"Dragonfly" was awarded Best AAPI-Directed Film at the Phoenix Film Festival and a Jury Award for Creative Achievement at the Arizona Int'l Film Festival.
Also this month, Julia filmed a commercial for 6Sense and LinkedIn; her short film script, "Tomorrow, I Promise" (working title) advanced to the finalist round of the Screencraft Short Film Screenplay Competition; and her feature script, "Something About the Tide" advanced to the quarter-finalist round of the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship.
This month, "Dragonfly" will be screening at the Sarasota Film Festival on April 8 at 3:30 PM; the Phoenix Film Festival on April 11 at 6:35 PM, April 13 at 3:00 PM and April 14 at 9:05 PM (Julia will be in attendance on Saturday and Sunday); and the Arizona Int'l Film Festival on April 18 at 6:00 PM.
March 2024
The short film "Improvements" produced by Jen Rowe and The Theatre Company, directed by Erica Terpening, and written by Emily Gregory, will be screening in Portland on Monday, March 18 at 7 PM at Cinema 21. Julia plays the lead role. RSVPs required: [email protected].
This month, "Dragonfly" will be screening at the Maryland International Film Festival in Hagerstown, MD on Saturday, March 23 at 2:30 PM and Uptilt Film Fest in Wilmington, NC on Sunday, March 14 at 12:00 PM. Also, the film was awarded the Audience Choice Award for Best Animation at DisOrient where it screened in Eugene, OR on Sunday, March 10th.
February 2024
This month, Julia's animated short film "Dragonfly" will be screening at the DC Indie Film Festival on Saturday, February 24th at 12:15 PM and at the McMinnville Short Film Festival in Oregon on Sunday, February 25th at 11:45 AM. The short film "Mother" by Anchitta Noowong is also screening at McMinnville in which Julia plays the lead role.
Julia's new short film in development, "Tomorrow, I Promise" (working title) set in Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp, progressed to the Semifinalist round of the Screencraft Film Fund and the Quarter-Finalist round of the Screencraft Short Screenplay Competition.
Also this month, Julia filmed a commercial for Purina.
November 2023
Julia is thrilled to have been awarded a development grant through the Top Secret Club hosted by Desert Island Studios with the support of Oregon Film for her feature screenplay "Something About the Tide."
Also this month, the horror short film "Mother" by Anchitta Noowong premiered at the Legendary Makers Market on Nov. 3. Julia plays the titular role.
October 2023
"Dragonfly" will be screening next at LA Femme Int'l Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, October 22 at 10:00 AM as part of an animated shorts block. The film will also be available to stream during the festival from October 19-22. Tickets/info here.
The film will also be screening as part of the HollyShorts Monthly Screening Series on Monday, Oct. 30th at 9:30 PM. Tickets/info here.
September 2023
Julia's animated short film "Dragonfly" will be screening at Laemmle's Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, CA from Sept. 15-21, 2023. This curation of documentary, animation, and live-action shorts qualifies the film for the Academy Awards.
Also this month, Julia is filming the short film "At Skyview Enterprises," directed by Ashley Song and Suzanne Riley. Julia plays the supporting role of Grace.
June 2023
"Dragonfly" will be screening at Dances With Films on Monday, June 26 at 4:45 PM as part of the "Perspectives" (group 2) shorts block. Tickets and info here.
The LGBTQ indie romantic comedy, "Out of Body" is now available to stream on Dekko. Julia plays the supporting role of Gina. Happy Pride!
May 2023
"Dragonfly" will be premiering at the 2023 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on Sunday, May 7 at 8:45 PM in the animated shorts block "Lost & Found." Ticket and info here. Happy AAPI month!
Julia's feature screenplay, "Something About the Tide" has advanced to the Finalist round of the 2023 WeScreenplay Feature Lab.
April 2023
Julia is thrilled to announce that her animated short film "Dragonfly" will be premiering at the 2023 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on Sunday, May 7 at 8:00 PM as part of the animated shorts block "Lost & Found." Tickets and information here.
On April 29 at 2:00 PM, an excerpt from Julia's feature screenplay "Something About the Tide" will be read as part of the Top Secret Club hosted by Desert Island Studios in Portland. It's free and anybody is welcome. Find out more about the event here. The script also has placed in the Top 50 in the 10th Annual Launch Pad Feature Competition.
March 2023
Julia is filming the psychological horror short film "Home Improvement" (working title) written by Emily Gregory, directed by Erica Terpening, and produced by Jen Rowe and The Theatre Company.
Julia makes a guest appearance in the new adventure podcast "Intra Quest." You can hear her in the role of Ganit in Episode 7: Crater Tales.