Julie Ryan (born February 6, 1984) is an Irish film and TV producer from Cork, Ireland, known for her work on The Young Offenders (2016),[1] I Never Cry (2020),[2] and Finding You (2020).
[6] Ryan began her career in the media industry in the Irish TV company TV3, where she trained in the sports department as a reporter.
She also spend a period moonlighting as an autocue operator, continuity announcer, news librarian, and even spent a stint as a sports anchor in Dublin radio station 98FM.
[8] Ryan then began her film career as a freelance producer of non-scripted television, working in the US in this area for 10 years.
[15] Following her success with The Young Offenders, Ryan went on to produce several critically-acclaimed international co-productions, including Irish-Polish co-production I Never Cry (2020),[2][16] which won the Grand Prix and Cineuropa Award at Mons International Film Festival in 2021;[17] indie feature A Bend in the River (2020)[7][18][19] Intruder (2020)[20] for Channel 5,[21] and The Holiday (TV Series - 2021).