Julie Ryan

Julie Ryan
Producer
Principal country concerned : Column : Music, Theater, Cinema/tv, Dance
Australia

Julie Ryan entered the Australian film industry in 1996 when she worked in the production office with Rolf de Heer on THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING.

She joined Vertigo Productions as production manager on de Heer's feature film DANCE ME TO MY SONG, which was selected for Cannes in 1998. She then produced the award winning SBS documentary, HEATHER ROSE GOES TO CANNES.

In 1999, Ryan spent three months in the jungles of French Guyana co-producing her first feature film, THE OLD MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Hugo Weaving. The film was nominated for Best Film at the 2005 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, Australian Film Institute Awards and the IF Awards.

Ryan's next feature with de Heer, THE TRACKER, was shot entirely on location in the rugged Northern Flinders Ranges and premiered to critical acclaim at the Adelaide Festival of Arts and at the Venice International Film Festival in 2002. The film also won Best Film at the 2002 Film Critics Circle and IF Awards, and received a Best Film nomination from the AFI Awards.

ALEXANDRA'S PROJECT, her third consecutive feature as producer with de Heer, was selected for official competition at the Berlin Film Festival. It was also nominated for Best Film at the Film Critic's and AFI Awards in 2003.

From 2003 to 2006, Ryan worked on the feature film TEN CANOES. Shot in remote Arnhem Land, the film features legendary Aboriginal actor, David Gulpilil and his son Jamie Gulpilil in the lead role. The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard at the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival.

Ryan also co-produced the documentary, THE BALANDA AND THE BARK CANOES (aka MAKING TEN CANOES) which won the Urban Cinefile Audience Award for Documentaries at the Sydney Film Festival. The documentary screened on SBS in July 2006 and at the time, received the highest rating for an Australian documentary in the Storyline timeslot.

Ryan is currently working on her fifth feature film with de Heer, a black and white, silent comedy called DR PLONK.

Julie Ryan can be contacted by email.

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