Julie Wiles is an accomplished filmmaker and educator with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Ohio State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Film from Ohio University. She has extensive experience in creative development, production, and post-production for television and film across the United States. Julie has collaborated with renowned companies such as Leftfield Pictures, ITV America, Tupelo Honey, and McGee Media on a variety of series, including  Brainstormers ,  Alone ,  American Restoration ,  Breaking Borders  (featuring journalist Mariana Van Zeller and chef Michael Voltaggio),  First In Human: The Trials of Building 10  (hosted by Jim Parsons), and a personal archival project for Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook.

Her documentary work is dedicated to de-stigmatizing mental illness through personal storytelling and challenging the pervasive misrepresentation of mental health issues and treatments in film and media. Her first feature documentary,  WE ARE MARY , earned second place for Best Feature Documentary at the Bushwick Film Festival and was featured at the Columbus International Film Festival in 2017. Currently, she is in post-production on her second feature documentary.

In addition to her filmmaking, Julie has taught courses in Film Production, Editing and Post-Production, History of Film, and Film Theory at Florida Southern College, Columbus College of Art and Design, and Hocking College, where she served as the Program Manager of the Film & Video Production Program.