In 2017, Julie won the Emmy and the Art Directors Guild award for THE HANDMAID’S TALE.  She was also nominated for excellence in production design on ELECTRIC DREAMS based on the short stories of Phillip K. Dick.

Julie began her career in 2002 building special effects models for various companies in Chicago and Los Angeles. That soon led to Art direction and designing the stop motion animation show, THE PJ’S, starring EDDIE MURPHY.

Her first feature film was SAW, directed by JAMES WAN which earned over 103M. She also collaborated with JAMES WAN on 4 other films including THE CONJURING 1 & 2. In 2005, she segued into comedy, designing the Oscar and Golden Globe Nominated Film, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT and in 2015 Emmy Winner, OLIVE KITTERIDGE both directed by LISA CHOLODENKO.


Julie has collaborated with many commercial directors  such as RINGAN LEDWIDGE, DAVID LACHAPELLE, and JARED HESS.

And she recently worked with  PATTY JENKINS on I AM THE NIGHT, a true story based on the life of Fauna Hodel set in 1965 LA and LISA CHOLODENKO and SUSANNA GREEN on a true crime story, UNBELIEVALBE for Netflix's. 


ABOUT ME

Production Designer 

Julie Berghoff