Julia Hayden Fung
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Julia Hayden Fung is a NYC-based actor, filmmaker, and creator pursuing a BFA in Film & TV production at NYU Tisch. She was born and raised in San Francisco, California where she has spent the bulk of her childhood on stage in dance, theatre and on screen in a variety of student films, informing her work behind the camera. She is also the founder of Carols for a Cause, a youth beneficiary organization with chapters in San Francisco, CA and Hartford, CT.
Most notably as a filmmaker, she has shot, produced, and written over a dozen short films in various genres. Her works have gone on to be showcased in New York, Los Angeles and Berlin among other major artistic hubs. At 16, she was named a Youth Resident at the America's longest running film non-profit, SFFILM and worked as a film adjudicator for the Oscar-Qualifying festival. In 2024, she was a part of Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology's summer cohort, combining her skills with filmmakers and actors twice her age, learning through their experience and over a dozen different nationalities. She is a Cinematography + Documentary fellow of non-profit E2AC and a mentee of Sundance Screenwriting Fellow, Roberto Fatal.
In the theatrical setting, she has been involved in acting, choreographing, lighting designing, and photographing over 30 productions. She has trained under the guidance of Broadway's Christopher Fitzgerald (Waitress, Wicked), Eva Noblezada (Miss. Saigon, Hadestown), and most recently Calvin Leon Smith (Cabaret). She credits her parents for introducing her to music, dance and film as well as her background in competitive sports to where she is today.
Most notably as a filmmaker, she has shot, produced, and written over a dozen short films in various genres. Her works have gone on to be showcased in New York, Los Angeles and Berlin among other major artistic hubs. At 16, she was named a Youth Resident at the America's longest running film non-profit, SFFILM and worked as a film adjudicator for the Oscar-Qualifying festival. In 2024, she was a part of Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology's summer cohort, combining her skills with filmmakers and actors twice her age, learning through their experience and over a dozen different nationalities. She is a Cinematography + Documentary fellow of non-profit E2AC and a mentee of Sundance Screenwriting Fellow, Roberto Fatal.
In the theatrical setting, she has been involved in acting, choreographing, lighting designing, and photographing over 30 productions. She has trained under the guidance of Broadway's Christopher Fitzgerald (Waitress, Wicked), Eva Noblezada (Miss. Saigon, Hadestown), and most recently Calvin Leon Smith (Cabaret). She credits her parents for introducing her to music, dance and film as well as her background in competitive sports to where she is today.
