Julia Elizabeth Evans is a storyyelling, hard-of-hearing writer-producer from the American South.
She lives in Los Angeles 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
Short Film (Animated)
Fantasy - Coming of Age
Producer / Production Designer
A middle-schooler from India dealing with bullies on his first day of school in America finds himself too anxious to speak. He finds his voice when his favorite TV anime characters pull him inside his television and take him on a journey.
Produced at the USC Ganek Immersive Studio.
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JUST WAIT
2025
Short Film
Suspense - Comedy
Writer
A newlywed wife fights to be heard by her husband as a hurricane rages outside their house and something worse than water creeps inside.
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RABBIT TRAP
2025
Feature Film
Fantasy - Horror
Development Coordinator
Married couple Daphne (Rosy McEwan) and Darcy Davenport (Dev Patel) are two musicians who moved from London to a cottage in Wales to complete a new album. By accident they record a mystical sound never heard before and gradually disconnect from reality.
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Interview with the NYTimes bestselling fantasy novelist, Olivie Blake.
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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Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
CALIFORECLOSED
2024
Short Film
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.
Winner of USC Industry Award for Best Social Change film.
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TRUCKSTOP
2023
Short Film
Drama - Coming of Age
Producer
East Indians in the American West. An often-not-mentioned story of belonging.
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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.
Winner of the 42nd Television Academy Foundation Award for Best Drama Series.
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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.
MOUZARD
2020
Short Film
Fantasy - Comedy
Producer / 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.
Winner of USC Production Comedy Award.
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YOUR PIZZA IS OUTSIDE
2019
Short Film
Suspense - Comedy
Writer / Director / Editor / Producer
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. Winner of Local Audience Award at 2019 New Orleans Film Festival.
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THE PLACE TO BE
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 Singleton’s Mini Mart. Through Bau, we learn how the idea of family can be stretched to accommodate more unorthodox interpretations.
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Development and financial support received from the following foundations.
DAUGHTER OF THE WHITE RIVER
Documentary Feature
2018-2020
Development Producer
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Based on the eponymous 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 provided by the following foundations.
THE MORRIS FOUNDATION
Explorations in collaboration—
BELA TARR HARMONIES
2019
Short Film
Director / Producer
It is closing time at the historic Maple Leaf Bar. A serene, blank-faced Mira (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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Original score by Anuraag Pendyal.
ABSORB EVERYTHING
2020
Short Film
Writer / Director
Actor
Aniko blames herself after 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.