Julia Elizabeth Evans is a storyyelling, hard-of-hearing writer-producer from the American South.
She lives in Los Angeles, CA where by night she’s a writer and independent producer.
By day, she works at USC Ganek Immersive Studio, having previously worked in acquisitions and executive support at Jolt.Film, SpectreVision, and FX Networks.
Selected work over the past few years.
ENGLISH CHANNEL
2026
Fantasy - Coming of Age
Producer
A middle-schooler from India dealing with bullies on his first day of school in America finds himself too anxious to speak English. He learns to find his voice when his favorite TV anime characters pull him inside his television and take him on a journey.
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JUST WAIT
2025
Narrative Short
Suspense - Comedy
Writer
A newlywed wife fights to be heard by her husband as a hurricane rages outside their house and danger lurks inside.
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RABBIT TRAP
2025
Narrative Feature
Fantasy - Horror
Development Coordinator
Seeking new inspiration and a fresh start, married musicians Daphne (Rosy McEwan) and Darcy (Dev Patel) move to the Welsh countryside to finish their new record. While collecting audio samples, Darcy inadvertently creates a field recording of mysterious sound never before heard by human ears. The discovery renews Daphne’s creative energy, but as the echoes of her music bleed into the surrounding landscape, ancient and malevolent woodland forces are disturbed. One day, a stranger arrives on their doorstep. The couple initially embraces the stranger, who helps them navigate and understand their new environment, but Darcy grows suspicious of his obsession. As jealousy and paranoia infect the makeshift family, the line between reality and myth begins to blur.
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VILLAGE WELL PODCAST
2023 - 2025
Podcast
Host / Producer / Contributing Writer
Launched a book podcast to spotlight current publishing trends and to amplify diverse literary voices through Village Well Books & Coffee in Culver City, CA.
Secured partnerships with Tor Publishing, Hachette, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster; interviewed high-profile authors including Olivie Blake, Percival Everett, Kayla Min Andrews, Rosanna Xia, Lindsay Ellis, among others.
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Click logo to listen to my favorite interview with fantasy novelist, Olivie Blake.
Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
CALIFORECLOSED
2024
Narrative Short
Drama - Coming of Age
Writer / Producer
Lying to her family about living out of her car, an aspiring architect on the verge of graduation fights with a heavyweight she admires to land her first job.
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PROVENANCE
2023
Limited Series
Drama
Executive Producer / Showrunner
Art specialists compete in the cutthroat world of art sales at Bristow's Auction House in NYC.
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Winner of the 42nd Television Academy Foundation Award for Best Drama Series. Click the series poster art to learn more about the show’s development and production process.
Image designed by Julia Rose Camus.
MEDIA LITERATE
2020 - 2022
Podcast
Producer / Contributing Writer
A bunch of grad students gather to discuss the big (and not so big) questions of film, media, and TV on their chaotic, anxiety-ridden journey to becoming “media literate.”
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Previously available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
TRUCKSTOP
2023
Narrative Short
Drama - Coming of Age
Producer
East Indians in the American West. An often-not-mentioned story of belonging.
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MOUZARD
2020
Narrative Short
Fantasy - Comedy
Producer / Editor / Production Designer
Jerry, a horse figurine aficionado and live streamer, is put under a powerful spell by a mouse wizard figurine. And so, Jerry begins an absurd transformation from man to mouse.
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Produced virtually under strict USC COVID-19 protocols. Received USC Production Comedy Award.
A self-proclaimed “incel” blames his problems on a Tinder match while ordering Papa John’s for delivery.
It’s an emotionally loaded pizza order.
2019
Narrative Short
Suspense - Comedy
Writer / Director
Editor / Producer
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2018
Documentary
Director / Editor
Producer
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Every Thursday night on a quiet corner in New Orleans an entire block of neighbors gathers at the corner store to eat as a family.
The Place to Be is a contemporary story about New Orleans’ neighborhood culture. The story’s main character, Bau Nguyen, is the owner of the store—Singleton’s Mini Mart. Through Bau, we learn how the idea of family can be stretched to accommodate more unorthodox interpretations.
Financial Support
received from the following foundations—
Documentary
2018-2020
Development Producer
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Based on the true-crime novel by Denise White Parkinson, Daughter of the White River is a feature-length docu-drama. It’s a story of vengeance and Depression-era treachery. At the age of 17, Helen Spence avenged her father's murder by shooting his murderer inside the Arkansas County Courthouse. In so doing, Helen unleashed a chain of events that brought about her ultimate destruction inside the state’s notorious women's prison.
Through interviews and historical dramatizations, the film grapples with the deeply philosophical question...the deeply American question… What is the difference between a hero and a vigilante?
Development & Financial Support
for this project provided by the following foundations—
THE MORRIS FOUNDATION
Explorations in collaboration—
BELA TARR HARMONIES
2019
Director / Producer
It is closing time at the historic Maple Leaf. A serene, blank-faced Mira Guidry (Jen Meacham) walks in on a bar fight. The mood deescalates as Mira explains the cosmological phenomenon of a solar eclipse.
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Timeline: developed and produced in 3 months. Original score by Anuraag Pendyal. Click image to watch.
ABSORB EVERYTHING
2020
Writer / Director
Actor
Aniko blames herself for being inappropriately harassed at work until a Facetime call with an old friend snaps her out of it.
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Produced virtually under strict COVID-19 protocols at USC School of Cinematic Arts.