Julia Hart (filmmaker)

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{{Infobox person

| name = Julia Hart

| image = File:Julia Hart and Brit Marling red carpet Fantastic Fest 2015-9852 (27366797111).jpg

| alt = A photograph of filmmaker Julia Hart and actress Brit Marling on the red carpet of Fantastic Fest 2015

| caption = Hart (right) with Brit Marling (left) at Fantastic Fest in 2015

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|7}}

| birth_place = United States

| occupation = {{hlist|Filmmaker|actress|philanthropist}}

| years_active = 2002, 2014–present

| relatives = James V. Hart (father)

| spouse = Jordan Horowitz

| children = 2

}}

Julia Hart (born April 7, 1982) is an American filmmaker and actress. She is known for writing and directing the comedy drama Miss Stevens (2016), the superhero drama Fast Color (2018), the musical romance Stargirl (2020), and the crime thriller I'm Your Woman (2020).

Early life

Julia Hart was born on April 7, 1982.{{cite tweet|user=juliahartowitz|title=Directing on my 35th birthday. A day I won't forget. #fastcolor|date=April 8, 2017|url=https://twitter.com/juliahartowitz/status/850614684726300672?lang=en|number=850614684726300672}}{{cite tweet|user=juliahartowitz|title=it's my birthday. that's it. that's the tweet.|date=April 7, 2020|url=https://twitter.com/juliahartowitz/status/1247551930622066712|number=1247551930622066712}} Her father James is a screenwriter in Hollywood, and her mother Judith is an actress. In 1998, while still a teenager, Hart co-founded the Peter Pan Birthday Club, a charity program associated with the Peter Pan Children's Fund. The Birthday Club was inspired by one of her own experiences as a child. In 1992, while in London for the UK premiere of the movie Hook, which was written by her father, she was given a tour of the Great Ormond Street Hospital. After returning home to the United States, she asked her friends to make donations to the hospital in lieu of presents for her tenth birthday.{{cite web |title=Message |url=https://peterpanchildrensfund.org/closing-message/ |website=Peter Pan Children's Fund |access-date=December 30, 2020}}

Directly after graduating college, Hart began teaching high school at 25 years old. After eight years of teaching, she quit her job to pursue screenwriting.{{cite news|author=Bernstein, Paula|title=Five Questions for Miss Stevens Writer/Director Julia Hart|work=Filmmaker|date=27 September 2016|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/99981-five-questions-for-miss-stevens-writerdirector-julia-hart/}} In addition to her father, her brother Jake is also a screenwriter.{{cite news|author=Olsen, Mark|title=Toronto Film Festival: 'Keeping Room' a Window into Women, Civil War|work=Los Angeles Times|date=5 September 2014|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/filmfestivals/la-et-mn-toronto-2014-keeping-room-women-civil-war-20140904-story.html}}

Career

Miss Stevens was Hart's directorial debut. Inspired by her experience as a teacher, Miss Stevens follows a teacher as she chaperones three students on a weekend trip to a drama competition. This film premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival on March 12, 2016.{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/03/sxsw-2016-women-directors-meet-julia-hart-miss-stevens-240598/ |title=SXSW 2016 Women Directors: Meet Julia Hart – 'Miss Stevens' |last=Berger |first=Laura |date=2016-03-10 |work=IndieWire |language=en-US |access-date=2018-03-30}} Miss Stevens was nominated for the Grand Jury Award and Gamechanger Award at the festival.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Hart's film Fast Color premiered at South by Southwest in 2018, a year when 80% of the films in the SXSW festival's narrative feature competition were directed or co-directed by women.{{cite news|author=Robehmed, Natalie|title=Female Directors Come Into Focus At SXSW Film Festival|work=Forbes|date= 17 March 2018|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2018/03/17/female-directors-come-into-focus-at-sxsw-film-festival/}}

Hart co-wrote Fast Color and I'm Your Woman with Jordan Horowitz, who has also served as a producer on her projects.

Personal life

Hart is married to film producer Jordan Horowitz. The couple have two children together.{{cite news|title=Julia Hart And Jordan Horowitz Redefine Partnership|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=December 11, 2020|url=https://aframe.oscars.org/features/julia-hart-and-jordan-horowitz-redefine-partnership}}

Filmography

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scope="col"\| Title !scope="col"\| Year !scope="col"\| Director !scope="col"\| Writer
2014 \|The Keeping Room \|{{no}} \|{{yes}}
2016 \|Miss Stevens \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}
2018 \|Fast Color \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}
rowspan="2"\|2020 \|Stargirl \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}
I'm Your Woman \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}
2022 \|Hollywood Stargirl \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}

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2014

|The Keeping Room

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

2016

|Miss Stevens

|{{yes}}