Julie Howe

Julie Howe
OccupationScreenwriter, producer, children's book author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's fiction, screenwriting
Website
juleshowe.com

Julie "Jules" Howe is a California screenwriter,[1] producer[2] and children's book author.[3] Her first children's book and Hoffer Award winner,[4] Catty Wompus: A Tale of Friendship,[5] is about a lonely girl who learns the true value of friends. It's based on a childhood experience of the author. The sequel, Catty Wompus and The New Kid,[6] takes the lessons learned, one step further. In 2015, Catty and her pals were brought to life in a musical television pilot called The Adventures of Catty Wompus[7] that she hopes will become a series.[8]

In addition to the Catty Wompus books, Howe is a screenwriter whose screenplay, Jasper Milliken, won the Austin Film Festival comedy award in 2010.[9] Since then, her screenplays have placed in top-ranking film festivals and screenplay competitions such as BlueCat,[10] Nicholl Fellowship,[11] PAGE International Screenwriting Awards[12] and Fresh Voices.[13] She recently had the honor of being included in the Austin Film Festival's Inaugural Screenwriters to Watch article in MovieMaker magazine, 19 July 2016.[14]

Howe holds a Feature Film Writing Certificate from UCLA Extension as well as the Academy of Film Writing. She's a founding board member of the Cinematic Arts and Technology Foundation of Cal State Monterey Bay whose goal is to empower at-risk youth through year-round community programs that investigate, educate and celebrate the cinematic arts.

  1. ^ Ealy, Charles. "Screenplay winners at AFF". Austin360.com. Cox Media Group. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Jules Howe IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Catty Wompus: A Tale of Friendship by Julie Howe – Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Hoffer Award Winners". Hofferaward.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Julie Howe author page". Amazon.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Julie Howe author page". Amazon.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. ^ "The Adventures of Catty Wompus". crookedsidewalk.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Teen Screen". GoodTimes.sc. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  9. ^ "AFF Announces 2010 Competition Winners". moviebytes.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  10. ^ "BlueCat Announces Semifinalists". moviebytes.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Academy Nicholl 2009 Ceremony". oscars.org. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  12. ^ "The 2015 PAGE Awards Quarter-Finalists". pageawards.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  13. ^ "The 2014–2015 Screenplay Competition". fresh-voices.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Austin Film Festival's 25 Screenwriters to Watch". Austin Film Festival. Retrieved 19 July 2016.