Julian Galea

Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Julian Galea grew up with an old camcorder is his hand, using his family and friends as actors in his makeshift short films. An avid writer of short stories, poetry and lyrics from his teenage years, his story telling developed into screen writing form, where his ability to create inspiring characters and explore their unique journey's would soon define him as a screen writer. He graduated from UNSW (University of New South Wales) and pursued a successful career in Property Development, managing multi million dollar projects, until his passion for film prevailed. With a deep love and respect for American cinema, he moved to New York to study the craft of filmmaking and develop a vehicle to express his talent for story telling. Now armed with a 16mm Arriflex, professional tutelage and the film rich city of New York, he wrote, directed and produced a portfolio of short films which would be his training. He graduated film school and began interning for several New York production companies while continuing to build his short film portfolio. He then moved to the L.A. to take up a Producers Assistant role, developing a variety of independent features until returning to Sydney to establish his own boutique independent production company, Galea Pictures. Julian's short films have been selected to screen internationally. In 2011, he was selected as an 'emerging producer' into SPAA (Screen Producers Association of Australia) and was shortlisted for an IF Independent Spirit Award for his short film, 'Twelve'. In 2012, Julian sold the Australian T.V. rights to SBS for the Screen Australia and Metro Screen funded short film, 'The Rose Tattoo'. Craving first hand on-set experience with a world class director before making his directorial debut, he returned to New York to work on George Tillman Jr's, 'The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete'. Julian is now in development for several feature films.