Julia Solomonoff
Julia Solomonoff is a filmmaker from Argentina living in New York, graduated from Columbia University MFA Film Program. Her feature films as writer/director include "Hermanas" (Toronto 2005, Sundance Lab and Berlinale Talent project), "The Last Summer of la Boyita" (San Sebastian 2009, produced by Almodovar’s El Deseo, winner of over 20 international awards and MoMA’s Permanent Collection) and "Nobody’s Watching", winner of Best Actor at Tribeca Film Festival 2017. When it opened theatrically at Film Forum, it was a New York Times and Village Voice Critic’s Pick. It was highlighted as Best of 2017 by Screen and The Guardian and the NYTimes “Watching” section. Solomonoff is developing “Off Peak”, a narrative feature dealing with gentrification and eviction in the Hudson River Valley, selected for a MacDowell Residency 2018. For TV, she directed the documentary series "Parana, biography of a river", "Chin Chon Fan" and "The Suitor" (aired on PBS). She recently shadowed director Jim McKay in CBS’ The Good Fight. Her short films received awards from DGA, FIPRESCI and a regional Academy Award Nomination. Her production credits include: Lucrecia Martel’s "Zama", "Everybody has a Plan" ( w/ Viggo Mortensen), "The Third Bank of the River" (Exec Prod by Martin Scorsese), "Pendular", "Found Memories" and "Cocalero". She was 1st Assistant Director to Walter Salles on "The Motorcycle Diaries". Solomonoff teaches Film Directing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.