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JULIA VERDIN Julia Verdin is a British film producer who established herself as one of Hollywood’s leading independent producers, with over 30 critically acclaimed feature films produced to date, including: Stander (2003), The Merchant of Venice (2004), The Least Among You (2009), and 2 Jacks (2012).

Julia is based in Los Angeles, and still maintains a base in London. She founded and has been running Rough Diamond Productions, a major independent film production company in Los Angeles, since 1995. Julia is currently serving on the Board of BAFTA LA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and LA Femme Film Festival. She has also served on the Board of Seven Arts Pictures PLC, a public film production and foreign sales company.

Julia's latest film 2 Jacks, based on Leo Tolstoy short story “Two Hussars,” directed by Bernard Rose, and starring Danny Huston, Jack Huston, Sienna Miller, Jacqueline Bisset and Billy Zane, was released theatrically in October, 2013. Same year, Julia also Executive Produced Born of War, directed by Vicky Jewson, and starring James Frain and Sophia Black D’Elia.

Julia has produced theatrical releases including the Newmarket release Stander (2003), starring Tom Jane, Deborah Unger, Dexter Fletcher and David O’Hara directed by Bronwen Hughes; Sony Classics release The Merchant of Venice (2004), directed by Michael Radford, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes; and Riding The Bullet (2004) based on a Stephen King story, directed by Mick Garris, starring David Arquette, Jonathan Jackson, Erica Christensen and Barbara Hershey. Her recent faith based film, Lionsgate release, The Least Among You (2009), starring Lou Gossett Jr., Lauren Holly and William Devane, premiered on Showtime and was featured in many major festivals. The film was nominated for the 2012 NAACP awards for Outstanding Television Movie and Best Lead Actor.

Projects in Development:
She is currently developing various projects with well-established Hollywood writers and directors including Surviving Christmas, written and to be directed by Academy Award Nominated filmmaker James Dearden; Invisible Army by writer/director Éva Gárdos; A.K.A written by Phillip Morton and to be directed by Academy Award Nominated director Jonathan Heap; Curtains, a WGA Autumn Stories 2010 selected period piece about eccentric Parisian stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, written by Cynthia Riddle; Deadline, a true story written by Peter Hunziker & Cynthia Riddle; and will also be a co-producer on William Gibson’s Neuromancer to be directed by Vincenzo Natali.

Early Years:
Julia was born in Beaconsfield, UK and raised in Oxford. She started her career in the entertainment industry as an actress. She first attended the London University followed by the drama studio in London. She worked as an actress on numerous popular British TV shows, such as Howard's Way, Tenko, French Fields, Never the Twain, The Return of Shelly, Dutch Girls, and films such as Dual of Hearts, The Secret Life of The Inflamming, The Lady in the Highway Man, The Forth Protocol and Amongst Others.

Julia had started her producing career as a Creative Executive at Wasa Films working with veteran producer John Goldstone and later became the head of production of the company. At the UK Julia was a part of Brit Pack with her best friend Elizabeth Hurley. They moved to Los Angeles together, where pulled on a producing career.

Some of the films Julia produced earlier in her career include I Witness, directed by Rowdy Harrington, starring Jeff Daniels and James Spader, Green Mail starring Steven Baldwin and Tom Skerritt, The Shipment starring Mathew Modine and Nick Turturro and Elisabeth Berkley, The Contaminated Man starring William Hurt, Peter Weller and Natascha McElhone and STYX starring Peter Weller, Angus MacFayden and Brian Brown, directed by Alex Wright, and all for Promark. Ballad of the Nightingale with Virginia Madsen, Maria Cuccinota (Il Postino), Seymour Cassell, Michael Madsen and Harry Dean Stanton, and Lone Hero directed by Ken Sanzel starring Lou Diamond Philips, Sean Patrick Flanery and Robert Forester, Slipstream starring Sean Austin and Vinnie Jones, and The Set Up, a bank heist thriller based on a James Hadley Chase best-selling novel, which stars Billy Zane, James Coburn, Mia Sara and James Russo for MGM/Showtime, and Temptation, an action-packed revenge thriller for Dino De Laurentis Communications starring Jeff Fahey, David Keith and Alison Doody, both directed by Strathford Hamilton.

Filmography:
Directed by Bernard Rose || Los Angeles || Distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures Directed by Vicky Jewson || UK/Morocco || Distributed by Arclight Films Directed by Jane Spencer || London || Distributed by Shoreline Entertainment Directed by Mark Young || Los Angeles || Distributed by Lionsgate Directed by Nick Weiss || Los Angeles || Distributed by First Look Pictures Directed by Michael Radford || Italy || Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics Directed by Mark Garris || Vancouver || Distributed by MPCA Directed by David van Eyessen || South Africa || Distributed by Lionsgate Directed by Bronwen Hughes || South Africa || Distributed by Seven Arts Pictures Directed by Tony Hickox || South Africa || Distributed by MPCA/Gemini Directed by Darrell Roodt || South Africa || Distributed by MPCA/Apollo Directed by Rowdy Herrington || Puerto Rico || Distributed by Promark UK LTD Directed by Tony Hickox || South Africa || Distributed by MPCA Directed by Darrell Roodt || South Africa || Distributed by Warner Bros. Directed by David MacKay || Canada || Distributed by Promark UK LTD Directed by Ken Sanzel || Canada || Distributed by Promark UK LTD Directed by Jonathan Heap || Canada || Distributed by Promark UK LTD Directed by Alex Wright || South Africa || Distributed by Promark UK LTD Directed by Alex Wright|| Canada|| Distributed by Promark UK LTD Directed by Anthony Hickox || Budapest|| Distributed by Promark Films Directed by Peter Pistor || Los Angeles || Distributed by Endemol Entertainment Directed by Guy Greville Morris || Los Angeles|| Distributed by August Films Directed by Joey Travolta || Spokane || Distributed by Shoreline Entertainment Directed by H. Gordon Boos || USA || Distributed by Promark Films Directed by Joey Travolta|| Los Angeles|| Distributed by Shoreline Entertainment Directed by Jonathan Heap || Vancouver || Distributed by Live Entertainment Nu-Image Directed by Strath Hamilton || Los Angeles || Distributed by MGM/Showtime Directed by Strath Hamilton || Los Angeles || Distributed by Dino De Lorentiis Directed by Arthur Sherman || Washington || Distributed by Hemdale Directed by John McKenzie || UK || Distributed by Lorimar Motion Pictures
 * "2 Jacks" (Danny Huston, Jack Huston, Sienna Miller, Jacqueline Bisett) [ 2013] || Producer
 * "Born of War" (Sofia Black D’Elia, James Frain, Lydia Leonard)|| 2012 || Executive Producer
 * "The Ninth Cloud" (Jean Hughes Anglade, Michael Madsen, Leo Gregory) || 2010 || Producer
 * " The Least Among You" (Lou Gossett Jr., Lauren Holly, William Devane) || 2008 || Producer
 * "Senior Skip Day" (Tara Reid, Larry Miller, Norm Macdonald) || 2006 || Co-Producer
 * "The Merchant of Venice" (Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes) || 2004 || Executive Producer
 * "Riding The Bullet" (David Arquette, Erika Christensen, Jonathan Jackson, Barbara Hershey) || 2003 || Co-Producer
 * "Slipstream" (Sean Astin, Vinnie Jones) || 2003 || Co-Producer
 * "Stander" (Thomas Jane, Deborah Unger, Dexter Fletcher) || 2003 || Producer
 * "Blast" (Eddie Griffin, Breckin Meyer, Vinnie Jones) || 2003 || Co-Producer
 * "Dracula 3000" (Casper Van Dien, Erika Eleniak, Coolio)|| 2003 || Co-Producer
 * "I Witness" (Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia De Rossi) || 2002 || Co-Producer
 * "Consequence" (Armand Assante, Rick Schroeder) || 2002 || Co-Producer
 * "Pavement" (Robert Patrick, Lauren Holly) || 2002 || Co-Producer
 * "Black Point" (David Caruso, Thomas Ian Griffith, Susan Haskell) || 2002 || Co-Producer
 * "Lone Hero" (Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Forster, Sean Patrick Flanery) || 2002 || Co-Producer
 * "Greenmail" (Stephen Baldwin, Tom Skerritt, D.B. Sweeney, Kelly Rowan) || 2001 || Producer
 * "Styx" (Peter Weller, Angus Macfayden, Brian Brown) || 2001 || Producer
 * "The Shipment" (Matthew Modine, Nicholas Turturro, Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Berkley) || 2000 || Producer
 * "Contaminated Man" (William Hurt, Peter Weller, Natascha McElhone) || 2000 || Producer
 * "In Pursuit" (Claudia Schiffer, Daniel Baldwin, Dean Stockwell, Coolio) || 2000 || Associate Producer
 * "Ballad of the Nightingale" (Virginia Madsen, Seymour Cassel, Harry Dean Stanton, Michael Madsen) || 1999 || Co-Producer
 * "Detour" (Jeff Fahey, Gary Busey, Michael Madsen, James Russo) || 1998 || Producer
 * "Perfect Assassins" (Andrew McCarthey, Robert Patrick, Portia Rossi, Nick Mancuso) || 1998 || Producer
 * "Matter of Trust" (Joan Severance, C. Thomas Howell, Nick Mancuso) || 1998 || Producer
 * "Past Perfect" (Eric Roberts, Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek) || 1996 || Executive Producer
 * "The Set Up" (Billy Zane, Mia Sara, James Coburn) || 1995|| Producer
 * "Temptation" (Jeff Fahey, David Keith, Philip Casnoff, Alison Doody) || 1994 || Producer
 * "Spy Trap" (Danielle DuClos, Jason Kristofer) || 1988 || Executive Producer
 * "The Fourth Protocol" || 1987 || Production/Development Executive for W.A.S.A Films