Julien Magnat
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Recently selected to participate in Blumhouse and K-period Media's inaugural Screamwriting Fellowship, Julien Magnat engaged in an immersive program created in partnership with the Sundance Institute to help identify new voices in Horror and provide mentorship from industry leaders including Ryan Murphy, Mike Flanagan, Cindy Holland, Damon Lindelof and Kevin Williamson.
Julien was just hired as the new head writer on NETFLIX / TF1's newest book-to-screen adaptation of Sweden's bestselling crime writer Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka series, which has sold more than twenty-three million copies worldwide, and will begin filming in 2024.
Julien, a French-born director and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, first attracted international attention with his short film CHASTITY BLADE, which garnered him an Academy Award nomination in 2001 for Best Foreign Student Short and marked him as one of France's rising talents.
Julien made his feature directorial debut in 2002 with BLOODY MALLORY, a queer-themed subversive horror movie with the outrageous aesthetics of Japanese Anime, which premiered at DC's 14th Reel Affirmation Film Festival and London's Frightfest. The movie received worldwide distribution and has since gained a cult following for its colorful, gender-bending characters.
In 2011 Julien made his North-American debut with FACES IN THE CROWD, a mind-bending indie thriller starring Milla Jovovich as the sole witness of a murder who suffers from 'face-blindness", the inability to recognize people's faces. The movie was praised for its inventive premise and for Jovovich's strong performance.
Julien's versatility as a writer has allowed him to pen for a gamut of genres and celebrated properties from comics to animation. His television credits include the Emmy-nominated THE GARFIELD SHOW which aired in over 150 countries, Marvel's IRON MAN: ARMORED ADVENTURES, BEN 10, SAINT SEIYA and many more.
Magnat is a graduate of the French National Film School, La Fémis and the University of Reading, England. Julien also studied documentary filmmaking at the Australian Film Television & Radio School as part of his directorial training. He is a professional member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Writer's Guild of America.
Julien resides in West Hollywood in Jack Nicholson's old bungalow that he shares with his cat, a yard full of coyotes and a collection of more horror movies that one person should probably watch in a lifetime.
Julien was just hired as the new head writer on NETFLIX / TF1's newest book-to-screen adaptation of Sweden's bestselling crime writer Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka series, which has sold more than twenty-three million copies worldwide, and will begin filming in 2024.
Julien, a French-born director and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, first attracted international attention with his short film CHASTITY BLADE, which garnered him an Academy Award nomination in 2001 for Best Foreign Student Short and marked him as one of France's rising talents.
Julien made his feature directorial debut in 2002 with BLOODY MALLORY, a queer-themed subversive horror movie with the outrageous aesthetics of Japanese Anime, which premiered at DC's 14th Reel Affirmation Film Festival and London's Frightfest. The movie received worldwide distribution and has since gained a cult following for its colorful, gender-bending characters.
In 2011 Julien made his North-American debut with FACES IN THE CROWD, a mind-bending indie thriller starring Milla Jovovich as the sole witness of a murder who suffers from 'face-blindness", the inability to recognize people's faces. The movie was praised for its inventive premise and for Jovovich's strong performance.
Julien's versatility as a writer has allowed him to pen for a gamut of genres and celebrated properties from comics to animation. His television credits include the Emmy-nominated THE GARFIELD SHOW which aired in over 150 countries, Marvel's IRON MAN: ARMORED ADVENTURES, BEN 10, SAINT SEIYA and many more.
Magnat is a graduate of the French National Film School, La Fémis and the University of Reading, England. Julien also studied documentary filmmaking at the Australian Film Television & Radio School as part of his directorial training. He is a professional member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Writer's Guild of America.
Julien resides in West Hollywood in Jack Nicholson's old bungalow that he shares with his cat, a yard full of coyotes and a collection of more horror movies that one person should probably watch in a lifetime.
