Julia Willoughby Nason

 

 

Julia Willoughby Nason is an Emmy-nominated, Peabody award-winning film producer who founded The Cinemart in 2011. Her leadership and vision have propelled the company to become a best-in-class establishment, setting new standards for excellence in the industry. Under her company banner, she has directed and executive produced many groundbreaking documentaries.

 

WELCOME TO LEITH (PBS, 2015), an unflinching look at racial extremism in America's heartland, earned her first Emmy nomination. She went on to co-create and executive produce TIME: THE KALIEF BROWDER STORY with Shawn JAY Z Carter (Spike TV, 2017) and then directed and executive produced REST IN POWER: THE TRAYVON MARTIN STORY (Paramount TV, 2018) with Shawn JAY Z Carter. Nason won a Peabody Award and garnered multiple Emmy nominations for these two docuseries.

 

In 2019, Nason directed and executive produced FYRE FRAUD (Hulu, 2019), a significant documentary that set new standards for the genre and earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination for writing. She then directed and executive produced THE PHARMACIST (Netflix, 2020), a critically acclaimed docuseries about one family’s intimate relationship with the opioid epidemic.

 

In 2021, her premium docuseries LULARICH (Amazon, 2021), a true-comedy about a controversial multi-level marketing company, became a megahit for Amazon.

 

In 2023, Nason directed and executive produced three #1 global hit TV shows across two international streaming platforms: SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE: DUGGAR FAMILY SECRETS (Amazon, 2023) and two seasons of MURDAUGH MURDERS: A SOUTHERN SCANDAL (Netflix, 2023). SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE is a four-part docuseries exploring the intersection between a famous reality TV family, Christian evangelicalism, and global politics. MURDAUGH MURDERS zooms out from the heavily discussed Murdaugh murder trial, examining the history of this South Carolina family.

 

Nason is developing several unscripted and scripted projects that continue exploring the zeitgeist in a stranger-than-fiction world.