JULIA DE ROEPER – 180 word bio
Julia de Roeper is an experienced screen and theatre professional. Following
eight years as Marketing Manager for the Adelaide Festival she moved into film, undertaking a producer attachment on the Japanese sci fi TV series Ultraman (1992, dir. Andrew Prowse), and then producing A Taste of Africa (1994, dir Judith John-Story, 6x27mins, ABC, SBS, Ch.4). She was Director of Industry Development with the South Australian Film Corporation from 1995-2000, and established production company JDR Screen on returning to the film industry in 2007 after completing a PhD on narrative and teaching at the University of South Australia from 2001-2007.
Julia de Roeper producer credits include Lost in Pronunciation (2016, dir.Richard Jasek, 6x6mins comedy); The Lost Tools of Henry Hoke (2014, dir.
Rob Marchand, 21x5mins mockumentary, ABC TV, 2015 ATOM award);
Ringbalin (2013, dir. Ben Pederick, app ATOM award, SXSW finalist; 30min
doco, AFF, Flickerfest); Magic Harvest (2010, dir. Jeni Lee, 30min doco, AFF);
She co-produced Muriel Matters! (2013, dir. Sonia Bible, 27min doco, ABC,
AFF, etc.) and line produced Bad Language (2008, dir. Viron Papadopoulos,
multiple award-winning short).