Julia Hart

Co-Writer, I’m Your Woman, Fast Color; Director, I’m Your Woman, Fast Color | Notes on Notes: How to Give, Take, and Transform Feedback on Scripts

JULIA HART (Director, Writer) continues to establish herself as one of Hollywood’s most compelling storytellers as she expands her repertoire in film and television. Most recently she co-wrote and directed Stargirl, starring Grace VanderWaal. Adapted by Hart and Jordan Horowitz from Jerry Spinelli’s novel of the same name, the love story was released by Disney+ on March 13, 2020.

Hart previously directed Fast Color, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Lorraine Toussaint. Co-written by Horowitz and produced by their company Original Headquarters, the film made its world premiere at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, where Hart was nominated for the Gamechanger Award. The film later screened at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival, where Hart was nominated for the New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize.

Hart’s directorial debut, Miss Stevens, premiered at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, where she earned nominations for the Gamechanger Award and the Grand Jury Prize. Co-written and produced by Hart and Horowitz, the film follows a group of high schoolers on a chaperoned trip to a drama competition. A then unknown Timothée Chalamet stars alongside Lili Reinhart, Rob Huebel and Lily Rabe, whose performance garnered the award for Best Actress at SXSW.

In 2014 Hart wrote The Keeping Room, a film about three women in the dying days of the American Civil War who must fight to defend their home from rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast approaching Union Army. Starring Brit Marling and Hailee Steinfeld, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the London Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Film.

Hart and Horowitz’s production company Original Headquarters has several projects in the works including a series adaptation of their film Fast Color for Amazon and JuVee, Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s production company; Damien Chazelle’s as-yet-untitled series for MRC and Apple; an untitled Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen election comedy, for Amazon; and the Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Ben Queen series “Museum of Broken Relationships,” for MRC.

A graduate of Columbia University in New York City, Hart currently resides in Los Angeles with Horowitz and their two young sons.