about

Julia Hayden Fung is a filmmaker, photographer, and actor 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, Hartford, CT and NYC.

While primarily working as a Cinematographer across multiple genres, her interest in academics and performing arts have led her to dabble in directing, writing and casting. At 16, she was named a Youth Resident at the America’s oldest film festival, SFFILM and began working as a screener for the Oscar-Qualifier. She was also selected as a part of  Berlin’s Catalyst Institute summer cohort, combining her skills with filmmakers and actors twice her age, learning through their experience and perspectives of over a dozen different nationalities. She was a 2025 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, Fat Ham). 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.

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