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JULIA JAMIE SPARROW

Screenwriter

Berlin • English / German

cast@juliasparrow.com  ​

+49/0 178 940 5494

Character-driven stories about identity, belonging and unexpected connections.​​

Market-oriented, working with Audience Design.

ABOUT

Actors Portrait - Julia Jamie Sparrow -

Julia Jamie Sparrow is a Berlin-based screenwriter with a background in psychology, drama and literature, working across film and series.

 

Her work focuses on character-driven narratives that explore the creation of identity, the faces of grief and importance of connection. From the very start, she analyzes the needs of her target audiences and integrates their dynamic viewing habits into her working process'.

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She develops emotionally grounded stories that combine humor, vulnerability and the social Zeitgeist. She has a Steckenpferd for found families and our universal search for belonging.

DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS

  • Winner - Social Film Award, 2025​

  • Nominated - Seriesly Festival, 2024

  • Projects in development across series and feature film

  • Work developed in writers’ rooms and independent productions

  • Based in Berlin, working internationally in English and German

SELECTED PROJECTS

FUCKING HOPE
   Series • Dramedy

   "Freya, cursed to meet people at their worst, has lost all belief in the future of humanity and decides to end      things, when she unexpectedly becomes responsible for the safety of a mysterious 12-year-old, who

     changes the lives of everyone she meets. Maybe she is the key to change things - or finally let go."

 

 NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT
   Feature • Drama

   "Two opposite strangers move into the apartment of their deceased loved one, while raising a daughter

   and preparing for a custody battle, discover how the faces of grief change not only themselves,

   but their idea of family."


THE SECRETS OF GROWING UP

(Working Title: TO KILL HER BABY)
   Feature • Dark Comedy / Drama

   "Estranged childhood girlfriends Alicia and Roe reunite when a surprise pregnancy puts Alicia’s

   life at risk - forcing Roe to choose between rebuilding the bond she longs for or crossing an

   unforgivable line to keep Alicia alive, by killing her unborn child."

DEVELOPMENT SLATE

Selected projects currently in development

FUCKING HOPE

Series

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LOST GIRL, PRETTY BOY

Series

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NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT

Feature

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THE AFTERLIFE IS A MESS

Vertical Series/Micro Drama

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THE SECRETS OF GROWING UP

(Working Title: TO KILL HER BABY)

Feature

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SHAPES OF LOVE

Series

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THE SOUND OF SONG AND WHISPER

Short Film

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HOW TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART (IN 10 DAYS OR LESS)

Short Film

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FOREVER CHILDREN

Fictional Doc

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MY MOTHERS HANDS

Short Film

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EDUCATION

Since 2022

2023 - 2025

2017 - 2020

2020 - 2023

2023

Masterclasses and Trainings with Jenji Kohan, Mindy Kaling, Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider, Elena Lyubarskaya, Diane Warren, David Lynch and Shonda Rhimes

Literature at the Humboldt University

Exchange Studies at Yale University

Psychological Education at the Neurolinguistic Institute

Drama at the European Theatre Institute and Schauspielschule Charlottenburg

CONTACT

cast@juliasparrow.com

​+49/0 178 940 5494

© 2026 by Julia Jamie Sparrow.

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