Julie Roy

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{{Short description|Animation producer at the National Film Board of Canada}}

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Julie Roy (born May 11, 1973) is a Canadian filmmaker and producer of animated films, who has been the head of Telefilm Canada since 2023.Barry Hertz, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-for-new-telefilm-leader-julie-roy-the-future-of-canadian-film-looks/ "For new Telefilm leader Julie Roy, the future of Canadian film looks bright, with caveats"]. The Globe and Mail, November 2, 2023. She was previously the executive producer of the French animation studio at the National Film Board from 2014 until her Telefilm appointment.[http://www.awn.com/news/nfb-names-julie-roy-executive-producer "NFB Names Julie Roy Executive Producer"]. Animation World Network, April 30, 2014.

Born in Montreal, Roy won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 as producer of the film Paula.[http://www.macleans.ca/authors/brian-d-johnson/rebelle-war-witch-sweeps-canadian-screen-awards-with-10-wins/ "Rebelle (War Witch) sweeps Canadian Screen Awards"]. Maclean's, March 3, 2013. In the same year, she was also nominated as a producer of Bydlo and Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne).[http://www.macleans.ca/culture/introducing-the-canadian-screen-awards-and-their-2013-nominees/ "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees"]. Maclean's, January 15, 2013. At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, she was nominated twice in the same category as producer of Carface (Autos Portraits) and In Deep Waters (Dans les eaux profondes). In 2016, she was NFB co-producer on Franck Dion's The Head Vanishes.{{Cite news|url=http://www.focusonanimation.com/cesar-2017-franck-dion-une-tete-disparait-34650/|title=[César 2017] Franck Dion : Une tête disparaît - l'interview - Focus on Animation|date=2017-01-06|newspaper=Focus on Animation|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303230035/https://www.focusonanimation.com/cesar-2017-franck-dion-une-tete-disparait-34650/|archive-date=2018-03-03|url-status=dead}} In 2017, she produced Matthew Rankin's The Tesla World Light, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|title=TESLA : LUMIÈRE MONDIALE|url=http://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/edition/2017/movie/tesla-lumiere-mondiale|website=Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes|publisher=Cannes Film Festival|language=en}}