Julian Rad
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | PrEDiTer |
| Location | New York, New York |
| Introduction | Just a boy trying to make good in the big city ... Award winning independent filmmaker and theater maker. Producer/actor of The Four Corners of Nowhere (Sundance 1995); Director/Producer/Writer of The Franklin Cover-Up (Roy W. Dean Documentary Film Award, 1997; Laura L. Napor Documentary Film Award, 1997); Writer/Producer/Actor of Moby Dick (Three 2004 Drama Desk Award Nominations); Producer of Love Jerry (Six 2008 NYMF Best of Fest Awards, Three 2008 Talkin' Broadway Citations including Outstanding Musical.) |
| Interests | Theater, Film, the craft of Acting, music, literature . . . generally all of the liberal and performance arts. |
| Favorite movies | Favorite directors include Wim Wenders, Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorcese; Krzysztof Kieslowski, Wong Kar Wai and John McTiernan - not necessarily in that order. Of that list, I've had the pleasure of working with two. Favorite films include The Last Temptation of Christ; Blue; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Paris, Texas; The Wings of Desire; Raging Bull; In the Mood for Love. I've worked on 23 studio feature films and lots of indies as well as two of my own. |
| Favorite music | Used to play violin, piano and bass guitar, but chose not to travel down the musician's path. But it imbued me with a wonderful appreciation of all music. Seriously, even country! And I've worked on over 400 music videos. Scary number, but true. |
| Favorite books | Andre Dubus currently has me by the throat. And Richard Ford is a current favorite. Adrienne Rich, Herman Melville, Robert Ludlum, Sam Shepard, William Shakespeare, Anais Nin, August Strindberg, Jon Krackauer, Bret Easton Ellis, Graeme Green, Marguerite Duras and John Updike have all provided me with life changing experiences while glued to their words. |