Julietta Boscolo is an Australian writer and director. She has a Masters in Directing from
the Victorian College of the Arts.
Julietta’s attached to direct a feature with JuVee Productions written by Kaylon Hunt and
starring Viola Davis (Which she’s completely fangirling about but has to pretend to remain
cool).
She recently directed an episode of primetime hit television drama, Doctor Doctor (The Heart
Guy – US).
Her feature film The Sound of Light is one of only nine international projects invited to attend
the Venice International Film Festival’s Biennale College – Cinema development workshop in
October. The project is inspired by Julietta’s experiences attending an exclusive private girls
high school on a scholarship while sometimes her family didn’t have a home. Because of her
upbringing Julietta has a unique perspective as a director which compels her to create work
which challenges myths and inspires empathy in an audience whilst also making them laugh.
Julietta won the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Melbourne International Film
Festival for Let’s See How Fast This Baby Will Go (as first heard on This American
Life) as well as the ATOM Award for Best Short Fiction. Funded by Screen Australia,
the film was preselected for Cannes Critics Week as well as the main competition in
Cannes and featured in the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase. It’s screened
internationally at festivals including Palm Springs and was nominated for an Australian
Directors Guild Award.
Julietta was one of nine directors worldwide invited to the Directors Lab at Binger
Filmlab in Amsterdam for her feature project, Catching Sight. The screenplay was
also shortlisted for the Sundance International Screenwriters Lab and placed in the
top 15% of the Nicholl’s.
Julietta’s television project, The Bigger Woman, which she co-created with Goran
Stolevski, was shortlisted for the Sundance | YouTube New Voices Lab.
Julietta won an Australian Directors Guild Award for her short film Sam’s Gold which
was awarded Screen New South Wales’ Generator Fund. Sam’s Gold was one of a
handful of films to screen on ABC Australia’s The Screening Room.
Julietta has also directed television commercials, including the national brand
campaign for health insurance brand Medibank.
She’s been selected for a mentorship with acclaimed director Jamie Babbit through
the Australians in Film Mentor LA program and received the Australian Directors Guild
Open Fellowship.
She was one of only 35 filmmakers worldwide to be invited to the inaugural Edinburgh
International Film Festival’s Talent Lab.