If you’ve ever seen the major motion pictures “Looper,” “Now You See Me,” or “Django Unchained,” then you’ve seen the work of Carroll County native C.J. Julian.
Julian, a 1992 graduate of Carroll County High School, recently took another step in his career in the film and entertainment industry by signing on with Harbor – a global company with operations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. Relentlessly focused on talent, technical innovation, and protection of artistic vision, Harbor hones every detail throughout the moving image-making process: live-action, dailies, creative and offline editorial, design, animation, visual effects, CG, sound and picture finishing.
Julian joins Harbor with 15 years of experience in film and TV production. With a background as a lighting technician and cinematographer, he moved on to become an imaging scientist for EFILM/Deluxe Digital Services. His credits include Looper, Now You See Me, and Caesar Chavez. Julian also provided imaging science support on shows such as M. Night Shyamalan’s Split and Glass, Jordan Peele’s Us, Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, and Sam Mendes’s James Bond film Skyfall.
For Julian, who has numerous movie and TV credits to his name, the opportunity to join Harbor was one so enticing, doing so meant having to step down from his previous job as a professor and program coordinator in the film department at the renowned-Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, ranked one of the top 25 film schools in the nation. He is also a DaVinci Resolve Certified Trainer and has been an influence on many emerging colorists in the film, television, and advertising industries.
“This new position is huge for me for a number of reasons. HARBOR has a great reputation within the industry,” Julian said. “The work they have done is work I really respect. I will also be reunited with color scientist, Matthew Tomlinson, whom I worked for at EFilm and it will be fantastic to collaborate with him again.”
Julian said his job is considered the crossroads between the creative and technical sides of cinematography.
“The simplest way to explain what I do is support and collaborate with the colorist, director and director of photography to maintain a consistent look for a film from production through post. This process can begin as early as pre-production during script phase, or it can begin during camera tests with the director and DP. I then support our clients [the filmmakers] through production to ensure the look is maintained from dailies to color finishing, through delivery across all different platforms (and screens) – protecting the filmmakers’ creative vision so that audiences may enjoy the picture as intended.”
Julian said his job is considered the…