Julian Dahl

Birth : 1966-07-23,

History

Born 1966, Melbourne, Australia. Completed university with 1st class major in politics; moved overseas. Published poet from the age of 16. In 1989, began making experimental Super 8 shorts and working with Melbourne Super 8 Film Group and Modern Image Makers' Association (MIMA). Travelled and worked in 48 countries as teacher, journalist, book & magazine editor. Lived in Senegal, West Africa, for 2 years making mystical African sci-fi short (INSECT, 2000). After stint on Los Angeles commercial film sets, helped set up LA Filmmakers' Co-op. Shorts have appeared on TV, on DVD, and in several festivals in USA, Australia and Europe. Now in production on FATSO, a feature documentary on size discrimination, and teaching ghetto kids how to make films with Peapod, an educational foundation set up by the Black Eyed Peas.

Movies

Utopia One
Producer
This collection of experimental shorts includes the winner form SXSW film festival and celebrates the talents of Australian filmaker Julian Dahl (Camjackers). After traveling major film festivals world wide, the collection is made available to American audience for the first tiem in this unique release we are proud to present, experimental filmmaking rarely seen in release featuring, in the words of David Finkelstein; "Stark Photography That Resonates On a Poeti and Symbolic Level." Incluces; "Falling," "Puppy Love," "Stream," "Insect," "Alien Baby," "Go," "Camjackers Trailer," an interview with filmaker Julian Dahl and a bunch of extras
Camjackers
Writer
It's COOL! We've got Black Friends! Two rich clueless film school graduates "the Filmfakers" are shooting a "ghetto" interpretation of an ancient Greek play with the Gangsta Sistas (Olivia Wilde: Alpha Dog, The OC & Megalyn Echiwunwoke:24, That 70's Show) on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Their equipment is "borrowed" by three street youths, "the camjackers" who use it to shoot a compelling documentary on underground hip-hop. The filmfakers rep off the camjackers' film and rise to fame and fortune, but when the camjackers see their stolen film on TV, they must seek revenge.
Camjackers
Director
It's COOL! We've got Black Friends! Two rich clueless film school graduates "the Filmfakers" are shooting a "ghetto" interpretation of an ancient Greek play with the Gangsta Sistas (Olivia Wilde: Alpha Dog, The OC & Megalyn Echiwunwoke:24, That 70's Show) on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Their equipment is "borrowed" by three street youths, "the camjackers" who use it to shoot a compelling documentary on underground hip-hop. The filmfakers rep off the camjackers' film and rise to fame and fortune, but when the camjackers see their stolen film on TV, they must seek revenge.