Julia Campanelli

JULIA CAMPANELLI is an award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, and actress. Her film 116 has screened in over 60 festivals world-wide, won 28 awards, and premieres on Amazon Video Spring 2020. She directed, shot, and edited techno-pop band Exotik Robotz video short CHOOSE TO LOVE, premiering June 1, 2020 for Pride Month. Julia received a SUNDANCE scholarship to develop her screenplay THE PAISLEY WITCH TRIAL which has won 10 Best Screenplay awards including Best Screenplay 1st Prize at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Oscar qualifying), Grand Prize Fade In Awards, and was short-listed by THE BLACK LIST to become a Finalist for CINEREACH Film Fund, is #1 on THE RED LIST, and is a Semi-Finalist in SLAMDANCE Screenplay Competition. Julia is Founder and Executive Producer of Shelter Film, a New York-based independent film company dedicated to creating films by and the under-represented, as well as Shelter Theatre Group, a non-profit New York City company dedicated to diversity and inclusion on stage. www.ShelterFilm.com As actress, Julia stars in NBCUniversal’s DEMENTIA 13, 116, KILL THE MONSTERS (Raindance), Homicide City, and One Life To Live. She appeared as Hecate in the Obie Award-winning immersive show SLEEP NO MORE.