Julia Mintz

Julia is a writer, producer and director whose work focuses on narratives of bravery and resistance against unimaginable odds. She has been on the producing team for films that have been shortlisted for the Academy Awards, have premiered at Cannes, Sundance and Tribeca, and won Emmy, Peabody and festival awards. Her films seen on HBO, PBS, American Masters, Netflix and Amazon. Mintz has worked on many of the country’s most celebrated documentary films, including MR. SOUL!, which premiered at Tribeca, short-listed for an Academy Award®. She co-produced JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS, premiered at Tribeca, and post-produced GET ME ROGER STONE, premiered at Tribeca. Mintz produced Emmy-nominated CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND; and post-produced SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION, short-listed for an Academy Award® Best Documentary, premiered at Cannes, nominated for Writers Guild; NANKING, short-listed for Academy Award® which won Peabody®, Emmy®, and Editorial Award at Sundance; and LOVE FREE OR DIE, winner Sundance Jurors Choice. Additional projects include MUSCLE SHOALS, Sundance; EQUITY, premiered Sundance; BING CROSBY REDISCOVERED; LIFE AND TIMES OF FRIDA KAHLO, Emmy® nominee; and CYNDI LAUPER: STILL SO UNUSUAL. Julia has also produced programming for Discovery, NASA, National Geographic, NHK and SONY.