Born and raised in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, JULIE ANNE MEERSCHWAM moved to the United States when she was 18 years old.  After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Boston University in Philosophy and French, she continued to work on the psychiatric unit of a children’s hospital for over a year, before pursuing her interest in film at Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program.  There she wrote and directed “Audrey & Einstein,” which played at many prestigious festivals across the country and was the first directing exercise in Columbia University’s history to be selected as a National Finalist of the Student Academy Awards.  Her graduation film “Celamy” recently completed its festival run with over 20 awards, having played at over 50 festivals worldwide.  In addition to her school work, Julie was an assistant to writer/directors Kenneth Lonergan, Scott Ellis and Adam Brooks.  Currently, she is a content producer for the social network First Wives World and attached to direct the feature-length comedy “Diary of a Fat Girl.”  She is also in the process of completing several screenplays, among which the feature-length version of “Celamy,” which was an official selection of the 2007 Tribeca All Access Program.