Julia Solomonoff

Julia Solomonoff is an Argentine film director, screenwriter, producer, and educator from Rosario, Argentina, based in New York City. Her work includes feature films, short films, documentary, and television. She is known for the feature films Sisters, The Last Summer of La Boyita (2009), and Nobody's Watching (2017).

Solomonoff has also worked as a producer on films by Latin American directors, including Lucrecia Martel's Zama, Julia Murat's Pendular, Celina Murga's The Third Bank of the River, and Alejandro Landes's Cocalero. She is Head of Directing at the Graduate Film Program at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she served as Departmental Chair from 2021-2025.

Early life and education

Solomonoff studied cinematography at the Argentine National School of Film, known as ENERC, and received an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University School of the Arts, where she graduated with honors. She was a Fulbright Scholar and received a Milos Forman Grant and a Directors Guild of America award for Best Latinx Student Filmmaker. The film opened theatrically at Film Forum in New York and was a New York Times and Village Voice Critics' Pick.

Television and documentary work

Solomonoff's television and documentary work includes The Suitor (2001), which aired on PBS, Chinchonfan (2003), Paraná, Biography of a River (2011), and Aerocene Pacha: A Sustainable Utopia (2020).

She also directed work for the television series 15 a la Hora, also titled Minimum Wage, a Paramount Global Content series about three Latina immigrant cleaners working in Los Angeles.

Producing

As a producer, co-producer, associate producer, or executive producer, Solomonoff has worked on films including Cocalero, Everybody Has a Plan, The Third Bank of the River, A memória que me contam, Zama, Pendular, and The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer.

Filmography

As director and writer

Year Title Type Credited role Notes 1992 Octavo 51 Short film Writer, director, producer 1993 Un día con Ángela Short film Writer, director, producer Part of Historias Breves 1998 Siesta Short film Writer, director, producer DGA Directing Award: Latino Student. 2001 The Suitor Television film Writer, director Aired on PBS 2003 Scratch Short film Writer, director, producer Screened at New Directors/New Films 2003 Chinchonfan Television / mockumentary Director 2005 Sisters / Hermanas Feature film Writer, director, producer Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2005 Ahora Short film Writer, director, producer 2009 The Last Summer of La Boyita / El último verano de la Boyita Feature film Writer, director, producer Premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2011 Paraná, Biography of a River Documentary series Director Canal Encuentro 2017 Nobody's Watching / Nadie nos mira Feature film Writer, director, co-producer Winner of Best Actor at the Tribeca Festival 2020 Aerocene Pacha: A Sustainable Utopia Documentary series Director Canal Encuentro 2021 Hand, Writing Short film Writer, director, producer Presented by The Shed and Cont.ar 2021 Traces Short film essay Writer, director, producer Commissioned by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team 2025 15 a la Hora / Minimum Wage Television series Director Paramount Global Content series

As producer

Year Title Director Credited role Notes 2007 Cocalero Alejandro Landes Producer Screened at Sundance 2012 Everybody Has a Plan Ana Piterbarg Associate producer Screened at Toronto; starring Viggo Mortensen 2013 A memória que me contam Lúcia Murat Co-producer FIPRESCI Award, Moscow Film Festival 2014 The Third Bank of the River Celina Murga Associate producer Screened in the Berlinale official competition 2014 Earthship Ushuaia Executive producer Documentary 2017 Zama Lucrecia Martel Associate producer Screened at Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festival 2017 Pendular Julia Murat Co-producer FIPRESCI Award, Berlinale Panorama 2026 The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer Alessandra Sanguinetti Producer Feature documentary

Awards and nominations

Year Title Award 1992 Octavo 51 Women in Film Award - Best Short Film 1993 Un día con Ángela FIPRESCI Award 1998 Siesta DGA Award - Best Latino Student Film Regional Academy Award nomination Toronto International Film Festival Best Original Screenplay at the Cóndor Awards Best Film at Ceará Film Festival