Julia Reichert was an American Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and feminist. Reichert grew up in Bordentown Township, New Jersey, and was a 1964 graduate of Bordentown Regional High School. She graduated from Antioch College in 1970 with a degree in documentary arts.
Academy Awards
Best Documentary Feature Film
Known For
American Factory
(2019)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Growing Up Female
(1971)
Director
Methadone: An American Way of Dealing
(1974)
Director
Union Maids
(1977)
Director
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
(1983)
Director
Emma and Elvis
(1992)
Director
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
(2009)
Director
Sparkle
(2012)
Director
Making Morning Star
(2015)
Director
American Factory
(2019)
Director
9to5: The Story of a Movement
(2020)
Director
8:46
(2020)
Director
Dave Chappelle: Live in Real Life
(2021)
Director
Julia's Stepping Stones
(2024)
Director
Acting
Growing Up Female
(1971)
Deadbeat at Dawn
(1988)
Women of Vision
(1998)
Self
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
(2019)
Self
Production
Growing Up Female
(1971)
Producer
The Dream Catcher
(1999)
Producer
The Nightowls of Coventry
(2004)
Associate Producer
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
(2009)
Producer
The Last Reel
(2015)
Producer
American Factory
(2019)
Producer
Determined
(2020)
Consulting Producer
9to5: The Story of a Movement
(2020)
Producer
Editing
Writing
Growing Up Female
(1971)
Writer
Emma and Elvis
(1992)
Writer
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
(2009)
Writer
Crew