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Julianne Reynolds

Cinemaphotgrapher, Editor, Director, Producer

• About Me

  Film is an art form that is still under investigation as a tool to understand life and all it’s mysteries. As a filmmaker and creative architect, Julianne uses film in a very unique way, as a medium for inquiry into understanding life. Her unique eye for beauty, and authenticity as an artist, can be seen in her films, photographs and art. She is curious, courageous and continues to ask questions. She is a story collector.

  Julianne began her film career in New York City while studying graphic design at the School for Visual Arts. When she relocated to Los Angeles, this grew into a call-to-action format through her film work. She saw film as the most powerful tool for global transformation which lead her to begin mentoring young women around the world through outreach programs about leadership and personal development. Using her real-life experience as a filmmaker traveling through impoverished areas of the East, Julianne has proven her extensive background in journalism and documentary filmmaking. Stories are what drive her to change the world. To her everything is story. She dives into political campaigns, environmental issues, social and equal-rights issue, as a reflection of hope with a camera, creating a voice for those that need to be heard. Her magnetism to beauty juxtaposition to important causes such as sex-tracking in Kolkata, is a unique blend, that gives her a sophisticated eye for the unseen.

  She has a diverse background both coming from business and art. After receiving a degree in Social Economics and Photography, she became the Advertising Manager for one the largest publishing companies in the U.S., Cahners Publishing, in New Jersey. In 2003, Julianne moved to Los Angeles and started a media company, Digital Via, later evolved into Romanski Films.

  Julianne has been awarded several awards, but is most noted for the scholarship awarded for “her excellence in the arts” from the Charles Forbes Foundation. Julianne has her own individualistic style, driven by a deep desire to study life, people, eco-systems, and indigenous cultures. She works at the grass-roots level; having produced the first Topanga Film Festival, Agnapot Film Festival, which launched her directorial debut of a short film about breast cancer, which later was selected for the New York Independent International Film Festival.

  Julianne’s film work has appeared in, “No Subtitles Necessary,” 2010 Emmy Nomination, “Breast’s”, a short documentary she directed about breast cancer, Official Selection for the New York Independent International Film Festival, “Transcendence”, Official Selection for the Topanga Film Festival, and “Titans of Yoga”, a feature length film with yoga leaders from around the world, My Heart’s Song, Story of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Yoga Maya, “Bhairavi”, Official Selection for the American Dance Festival,  for Farewell to Harry, Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival, and many more independent feature films and branded content. In 2010 she had the honor to film, Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Price Winner from Africa.

  Julianne has filmed some the top spiritual, musical and scientific masters in the world, which includes, Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, Krishna Das, Mooji, Amritananda Guruji, Swami Vidyadhishananda, Dr. Krishna Kant Shukla, Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer, Deva Premal & Mitten, David Newman (Durga Das) and Mark S.G. Dyczkowski.

  Her photographic works have appeared in Yoga Journal, Yoga Times, Whole Life Times, Flavorpill, and Common Ground Magazine, Tathaastu Magazine, Yoga International, Yoga Journal Australia, Ojai Foundation Quarterly and South China Morning Post.

  Currently, Julianne is in post-production for her second documentary film, called “The Mother Matrix”, shot in the villages of southern India. Her short film, about the international dancer, Colleena Shakti, will be featured in the Unplugged Film Festival. She is also the Executive Producer for the documentary, Redemption, in light of Duga, which addresses sex-trafficing in Kolkata, India. You can also check out her personal website:www.juliannereynolds.com

  
  

  Interests

  Vr, Documentaries