Julia Overton, Development and Investment Manager, Screen Australia (Australia)
Julia Overton is a Development and Investment Manager at Screen Australia where she is instrumental in assisting filmmakers getting their projects made. She is an enthusiastic champion of filmmakers and to date she has assisted the production of more than 150 films including Forbidden Lie$, First Australians, Salt, Contact and Eternity Man.
Julia also has a multifaceted track record as a producer, encompassing feature films (Cut, Spider and Rose, Fistful of Flies, Until the End of the World, Travelling North), television drama (Aftershocks, The Long Ride, Tudawali) and documentary (Black Man’s Houses). Prior to her work as an independent producer Julia worked on documentary programs for CBC Canada and drama for London Weekend Television, UK.
Julia is on the board of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), is a national co-ordinator for Input, is on the International Advisory Committee for Hot Docs and is a member of Australian Directors Guild. She has a first class honours degree in English, communications and classics from UNE.
