Faculty Bio
 | Julian GoldbergerDepartment of Graduate Film |
Biography
Julian Goldberger studied acting and directing at Florida State University's School of Theatre and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, afterwards completing New York University's Intensive Film Program and The American Film Institute's Directing Program.
Goldberger’s critically acclaimed and award winning feature film directing debut, Trans, screened at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival, 1999 Sundance Film Festival, 1999 Berlin International Film Festival (Readers' Jury Prize for Best Film), 1999 New Directors/New Films series at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, as well as numerous other international festivals. In addition, Goldberger was honored as a 2000 Independent Spirit Award nominee for the Movado Someone to Watch Award recognizing talented up-and-coming directors with a singular vision.
In 2002 Goldberger was awarded a grant from the Chicago Underground Film Fund to facilitate the completion of his multi-part ethnology film, The Eulipion Chronicles. The film premiered at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
Goldberger finished his second feature, an adaptation of the Harry Crews novel, The Hawk is Dying, starring Academy Award nominees Paul Giamatti and Michelle Williams. It premiered In Competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It also screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight '06) as well as various international film festivals, winning both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Brasilia International Film Festival.
In 2007 and 2008 Goldberger was invited to join the Film Directing Program at the California Institute of the Arts. There he lectured and served as mentor to the MFA directing students.
In addition, Goldberger has served as Executive Producer on several feature films, both narrative and documentary, including Nina Menkes’ Phantom Love.
Goldberger was recently commissioned by the World Festival of Sacred Music & UCLA to direct and produce a cinematic portrait of the Japanese artist Hirokazu Kosaka.
Goldberger is also photography and video curator for The Labletter, a Chicago-based Journal of the Arts.
