Experience

Rough Diamond Productions

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Film Director

  • 2015 - Present

  Julia Verdin wrote and directed the feature film Angie: Lost Girls, set around the world of sex trafficking. The film is about the challenges trafficking survivor, sixteen-year-old Angie, faces with re-integrating with her family and reclaiming her self-worth while combating ongoing threats to herself and loved ones from traffickers. The film stars Olivia d’Abo, Dylan Sprayberry, Antony Montgomery, Randolph Batinkoff, Jane Widdup, M.C. Lyte and Amin Joseph.Julia enjoys working with non-profits and create narrative media to highlight the work they do. She recently directed a short promo for GIFT (Global initiative fighting Trafficking) and a short film Brown from a story written by foster youth from the Ridgeway foundation who also acted in the film for non profit Kids in the Spotlight to be screened at Paramount Studios in November 2019.Julia received industry attention as a director with her award-winning directorial debut short film, Lost Girls starring Bar Paly, Marisol Nichols, and Jamie Harris. The film garnered attention on the festival circuit and won several awards including Best Social Impact film at The Culver City Film festival. The film was broadcast as part of an educational program on sex trafficking of minors and picked up for US distribution by Criterion and by Shorts International for foreign. It has been embraced and used by organizations fighting against trafficking and screened for communities for educational purposes. Show less

• President

  • Jan 1993 - Present

  British Director/Writer/Producer Julia Verdin has established herself as one of Hollywood’s leading independent producers/directors with 34 feature films made to date.Verdin has produced acclaimed theatrical releases including Stander, directed by Bronwen Hughes starring Tom Jane, Deborah Unger, Dexter Fletcher and David O’Hara; Sony Classics release The Merchant of Venice, directed by Michael Radford, and starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes; and Riding The Bullet based on a Stephen King story, directed by Mick Garris, and starring David Arquette, Jonathan Jackson, Erica Christensen and Barbara Hershey and 2 Jacks, based on Leo Tolstoy short story “Two Hussars,” directed by Bernard Rose, starring Danny Huston, Jack Huston, Sienna Miller, Jacqueline BissetThese films played in major film festivals including Sundance, Venice, Toronto, Montreal and London. Her faith based film, Lionsgate release, The Least Among You, starring Lou Gossett Jr., Lauren Holly and William Devane, premiered on Showtime and was nominated for the 2012 NAACP awards for Outstanding TV Movie and Best Lead Actor.Julia recently made her directorial debut with Lost Girls starring Bar Paly, Marisol Nichols, Siena Goines, Rena Owen and Jamie Harris. Julia has just finished producing 2 films 7Seconds starring Christopher Lloyd and Dwight Yoakum and Pursued directed by Jeffrey Obrow, starring Sam Trammell, Molly Ringwald, Angus Macfayden and Paul Sorvino . Julia is currently directing a documentary on trafficking - Supply and Demand and is also gearing up to direct a feature film- Angie: Lost Girls. She is also the founder of non profit Artists For Change and passionate about social issues and using film as a medium to shed light on them.www.RoughDiamondProductions.net Show less



Artists for Change

• West Hollywood, CA

• CEO

  • 2017 - Present

  Artists for Change is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to create high impact film, television, and multimedia projects to inspire individuals, organizations, and communities to bring about positive social change. www.Artists4Change.org Artists for Change is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to create high impact film, television, and multimedia projects to inspire individuals, organizations, and communities to bring about positive social change. www.Artists4Change.org



Rough Diamond Consulting

• 1424 North Kings Road Los Angeles, CA 90069

• Consulting Producer

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  Julia Verdin, Hollywood producer with over 25 years of experience in the industry is now sharing her knowledge and expertise through a personalised consultation service. Julia’s background of taking projects from concept to screen as well as her up to date understanding of the current marketplace mean she is extremely well placed to offer you the constructive critiques and practical advice needed to get your project produced. Julia’s consultations are tailored to the individual projects at hand and she is able to offer advice and guidance in areas such as: -Script development, -Cast-list construction, -Creative team assembly, -Budgeting, -Sales and marketing, For further information on services available please visit www.juliaverdin.com Show less