Julia Lindau is an award-winning documentary producer, storyteller and journalist.

She has more than a decade of experience creating compelling unscripted content for premium outlets including HBO, Showtime, AMC and VICE. She’s filmed in more than a dozen countries and has produced everything from true crime series and high-profile interviews to coverage of generation-defining news events like the beginning of COVID-19 and end of Roe v. Wade.

Most recently, Julia ventured into the premium documentary space to produce a four-part docuseries for AMC called The Furry Detectives, which premiered at Tribeca Festival. Prior to that, she was with VICE for seven years. Her work there - including investigations, political coverage and longform - was honored with two News & Documentary Emmys and an Overseas Press Club award, among other awards. She learned the ropes at Al Jazeera and before her career in non-fiction storytelling was an international humanitarian worker in Southern Africa and the Middle East.

Julia is currently in pre-production on a feature documentary. She is also taking commissions and offers services in production, development, writing, investigations and branded content. Recent clients include Telemundo Streaming Studios, Jigsaw Productions, C4ADS, Dreamco Pictures, and Epoch Films. Reach out to learn more and see if there’s an opportunity to collaborate.

  • Selection, producer, Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, 2025

  • Nomination, producer, Outstanding Recorded News Program, 2023 (News and Documentary Emmys)

  • Recipient, producer, Special Reporting - Investigative or Enterprise, 2022 (Front Page Awards)

  • Recipient, producer, Outstanding Newscast, 2021 (News and Documentary Emmys)

  • Nomination, producer, Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast, 2021 (News and Documentary Emmys)

  • Recipient, producer, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast, 2020 (News and Documentary Emmys)

  • Recipient, producer, The David Kaplan Award for Best TV or video spot news reporting from abroad, 2020 (Overseas Press Club)

  • Nomination, producer, Outstanding Continuing Coverage, 2020 (News and Documentary Emmys)

  • Nomination, producer, Outstanding News Special, 2018 (News and Documentary Emmys)

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