Julian’s career began at the age of thirteen as a founder member of the Central Junior Television Workshop, which led to a number of acting roles in children's television series such as Murphy’s Mob, Dramarama, Your Mother Wouldn’t Like It and Palace Hill. He trained at RADA before becoming a director on the children's factual programme Wise Up for Channel 4. He directed three series, winning 2 BAFTAS, 2 International Emmys, an RTS, and a Peabody award.
He then moved into TV drama, writing and directing a short called Keith for the European Broadcasting Union which won the Prix Danube, followed by the comedy series Roger and the Rottentrolls, written by Tim Firth. He directed three series, winning a BAFTA for series one. He then went to Australia to co-write and direct an adaptation of Morris Glietzman's book Blabbermouth. This comedy-drama about a young mute girl trying to fit in a rural Australian community won an International Emmy, an Australian Film Institute award and a BANFF award.
Julian then got the opportunity to direct his first feature film House! Set in South Wales, it is the story of an usher at a small bingo hall who discovers she has psychic powers. It starred Kelly Macdonald, Miriam Margolyes and Freddie Jones and received a wide release by Pathé.
Julian then worked extensively as a television director. Among many projects, he created, wrote and directed a ten-part comedy-drama Dangerville for ITV. Concerning an elaborate fictional reality programme run by a malevolent corporation, the series would get 2nd prize at the Prix Jenese. He also shot a twelve-part comedy series called Uncle Max in Johannesburg starring David Schnieder, as well as Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, a two-hour BBC drama starring Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson and Anna Chancellor.
Julian’s second feature film My Last Five Girlfriends was released by Paramount Pictures across the UK and Tribeca Films in the US. Adapted by Julian from Alain de Botton's novel Essays in Love it starred Naomie Harris.
Since then, Julian has directed a series of 3D projects for Sky including the documentary Brian May’s Brief History of 3D. He devised, directed and series produced Cinemaniacs, a series to encourage young filmmakers, then wrote and directed numerous episodes of the comedy The Legend of Dick and Dom.
One of Julian’s most complex and ambitious directing challenges was on the eight-hour History Channel documentary America’s War on Drugs. Filmed entirely in Norwich, UK, Julian had to recreate thirty different countries across seven decades in five different languages to tell the story of the US drug war.
Julian has worked on four series of the CBBC drama Jamie Johnson. The story of a boy who dreams of becoming a professional football player, it is based on the best-selling books by Dan Freedman and is the highest-rated programme on the channel, consistently in the top ten most watched shows for the whole of BBC iPlayer.
Julian recently wrote and directed his third feature film - “Last Train to Christmas” starring Michael Sheen and Nathalie Emmanuel for Sky.
Agent
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