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Julian Breece
Julian Breece is an award-winning writer-director whose work crosses film and TV. Breece wrote the original screenplay for the upcoming Netflix original film "Bayard" about gay Civil Rights strategist Bayard Rustin and the March on Washington. He co-wrote the Emmy-nominated Netflix series "When They See Us" and penned the screenplay for a feature film on the life of acclaimed choreographer Alvin Ailey for Fox Searchlight with Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins attached to direct. Breece has also been a writer and producer on critically acclaimed series such as Amazon's "Harlem" and Hulu's "The First".
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Featured as one of IndieWIRE's young "Filmmakers to Watch," Breece first earned critical acclaim with his short, The Young & Evil, which became an Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival. In that same period, Breece was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as a top-10 Nicholl finalist for his first screenplay, Ball. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Southern California's Peter Stark Producing Program,
Known for
When They See Us2019
Rustin2023
The First2018
The Young & Evil2008
Boys Life 72010
Boys On Film 3: American Boy2009
Untitled Alvin Ailey Project
The Body2026
Filmography
- TBAUntitled Alvin Ailey ProjectFilmWriter
- TBABuppiesSeriesCreator
- 2026The BodySeriesWriter, Teleplay
- 2023RustinFilmScreenplay, Story
- 2019When They See UsSeriesTeleplay, Story
- 2018The FirstSeriesWriter, Co-Producer
- 2010Boys Life 7FilmDirector
- 2009Boys On Film 3: American BoyFilmDirector, Writer
- 2008The Young & EvilFilmDirector, Writer