Julia Morizawa
Writer/Producer/Actor at Infinite Pictures
Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, Director, Script Consultant and Story Analyst
Portland, Oregon
June 2017
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About Julia
Julia Morizawa is a writer/producer with over 20 years of experience in film, television, new media, theater, and fiction podcasting. Credits include the improvised feature film “JesusCat (or How I Accidentally Joined a Cult),” which was awarded Best Comedy Feature at the Asians on Film Festival in 2014 and the Movie Heroes Rising Star Award at the Action On Film Festival in 2013; the short film “Sin & Lyle,” which earned her a Best Female Filmmaker nomination at the Action On Film Festival in 2007; the play “Twenty-Two,” which premiered in Los Angeles in 2010; the audio drama “American Comedy Horror Story: Orphanage,” available worldwide on most podcast apps; and the sci-fi/adventure digital series, “Pure,” currently in post-production.
Julia’s current project, “Dragonfly,” is an animated short film about the Tokyo Firebombing of March 9-10, 1945. The script was awarded Best Short Screenplay by Scriptation Showcase and Screenwriting Master in 2019, and was a semifinalist or quarterfinalist in several other competitions including the Austin Film Festival, Slamdance, and WeScreenplay Diverse Voices. Most recently, her limited series TV pilot, “Where We Came From” was a finalist in the 2021 Screencraft True Story and Public Domain Competition. Additionally, her book, “Memoirs of a Wannabe Sex Addict” was published by Fanny Press in 2010 and is available in paperback and ebook.
Julia is also an actor with extensive experience in film, television, theatre, web series and podcasts. Career highlights include: "Judas Kiss" (feature film), "Tied Up" (feature film), "Scandal" (TV), "SEAL Team" (TV), "Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil" (TV), "Twenty-Two" (stage), "Masha No Home" (stage) "Galactic Galaxy" (new media), "Star Trek: Odyssey" (new media), and "The Bright Sessions" (fiction podcast).
In 2020, Julia began training to become a script analyst/reader and is currently freelancing in that field, reading scripts and writing coverage reports for companies such as Shore Scripts, Coverfly, Austin Film Festival, Bluecat, and Roadmap Writers, as well as various independent screenwriters. Julia is looking to apply her combined decades of experience as a writer, producer, actor, and script analyst in order to transition into development for film and television. She is particularly interested in working for a studio or production company with a focus on diverse and inclusive storytelling.
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Awards
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Quarter-Finalist, TSL Free Screenplay Contest ("Something About the Tide")
(2022) -
Semi-Finalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices ("Something About the Tide")
(2022) -
Semi-Finalist, WeScreenplay TV Pilot Contest ("Where We Came From")
(2021) -
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival ("Where We Came From")
(2021) -
Quarter-Finalist, TSL Free Screenplay Contest ("Where We Came From")
(2021) -
Finalist, Screencraft True Story & Public Domain Contest ("Where We Came From")
(2021) -
Semi-Finalist, WeScreenplay Animation Competition ("Dragonfly")
(2020) -
Winner of Best Performance in a Leading Role, Audio Verse Awards ("The AM Archives")
(2019) -
Nominated for Best Actress in a Sci-Fi Series, New Jersey Web Fest ("Galactic Galaxy")
(2019) -
Winner of Best Short Screenplay, Scriptation Showcase ("Dragonfly")
(2019) -
Winner of Best Short Screenplay, Screenwriting Master ("Dragonfly")
(2019) -
Semi-Finalist, Austin Film Festival ("Dragonfly")
(2019) -
Semi-Finalist, Screencraft Film Fund ("Dragonfly")
(2019) -
Semi-Finalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices ("Dragonfly')
(2019) -
Quarter-Finalist, Slamdance Screenwriting Competition ("Dragonfly")
(2019) -
Winner of Best Performance in a Leading Role, Audio Verse Awards ("The Bright Sessions")
(2018) -
Winner of Best Performance in a Contained Production, Audio Verse Awards ("The Big Loop")
(2018) -
Winner of Best Actress in a Leading Role, Audio Verse Awards ("The Bright Sessions")
(2017) -
Winner of Best Actress in a Leading Role, Audio Verse Awards ("The Bright Sessions")
(2016) -
Winner of Best Comedy Feature, Asians On Film Festival ("JesusCat")
(2014) -
Winner of Movie Heroes Rising Star Award, Action On Film ("JesusCat")
(2013) -
Runner-Up for Xristos Award for Guerilla Filmmaking, Action On Film ("JesusCat")
(2013) -
Nominated for Best Comedy Feature, Action On Film ("JesusCat")
(2013) -
Nominated for Best Female Filmmaker, Action On Film ("Sin & Lyle")
(2007) -
Winner of Best Supporting Actress, Denver Underground Film Festival ("Tied Up")
(2004)
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