Director
Director
Julia D. Speropoulos
Being a versatile artist, in addition to her accomplishments as a performer, Julia is a director and documentarian, making her directorial debut with the short, award-winning documentary “Jean.”
"Jean" has won three awards and has travelled to 7 festivals, 4 countries around the world. It was also acquired by the Greek national channel ERT. In 2018, she completed the award-winning, mid-length documentary “Yubi,” and the experimental short film “Aphasia.” "Yubi" has won a documentary award, and has been officially selected by four documentary festivals across different cities of Greece. It has also been acquired by the Greek national channel ERT. Award winning "2 Miles From Home" is her first feature film, and has traveled to several festivals in the USA, Switzerland, and Greece. Rights have been acquired for Greece and Cyprus by COSMOTE TV HISTORY channel for a third year in a row.
She graduated with a theater arts degree in acting from Florida International University (Bachelor of Arts in Theatre). She also studied at New York Film Academy, NY, where she learned filmmaking and acting for film.
Filmography
2020, 2 MILES FROM HOME, director/producer/writer, feature length documentary with 2d animation, Greece.
- World Premiere in the Documentary section at 15th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, USA, 2021.
- International Premiere in the Platform section at the 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 2021.
- Winner of the Festival Award for best feature documentary at the 8th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, Crete 2021.
- Official Selection at the Orient Express Film Festival, Bern-Zurich-Basel, Switzerland 2021.
- Official Selection in the Competition Section at Docfest, Greece 2021.
- Acquired by COSMOTE TV - HISTORY May 2022-April 2023, Greece-Cyprus.
2018, YUBI, director/producer/writer, mid-length documentary, Greece.
- Winner of 3rd Prize Documentary Award in the Greek short section at the 5th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, Crete 2018.
- Official Selection at the 21st Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, in the Human Rights category, 2019.
- Official Selection at the 8th Athens International Digital Film Festival AIDFF, 2019.
- Official Selection at the 12th Greek Documentary Festival Docfest, in the Panorama category, 2018.
- • Selection at the 59th Krakow Film Festival, at the Market section, Krakow Poland, 2019.
2018, APHASIA, director/producer/writer, experimental short fiction, Greece.
- Finalist at FilmOlympiad Film Festival, Greece 2021.
2017, JEAN, director/producer/writer, documentary short, Greece.
- Winner of Best First Film of a Director at the 4th International Documentary Film Festival Ierapetra, Crete, 2017.
- Winner of Special Mention award in the Documentary Section at the 7th Athens International Digital Film Festival AIDFF, 2018.
- Officially Selected at Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona/NYC/Paris, 2017, Barcelona Spain.
- 3rd Place in the Audience Award Section at the 4th Peloponnisos Doc Festival, Kalamata, Greece.
- Officially Selected at
ROMA CINEMA DOC, 2017, Rome, Italy.
- Officially Selected at MINDIE Miami Independent Film Festival, 2017, Miami, Florida, USA.
- First Selection at the International Short Film Festival Kalmthout, Belgium, 2017.
2015 Tomorrow in battle, think of me, assistant director, short film, Greece.
2015 Es Avrion Ta Spoudaia, assistant director, ERT channel, Greece.
2014 Sewer Stories-Metropolis show, host/as.director, documentary short, VPRO channel, Holland.
2013 Aisha, assistant director and voice of “Aisha”, short film, filming, Greece.
2013 Sunflower Seeds, assistant director, documentary short, Greece.
