Julie Sokolow is an award-winning film director, musician, and writer. She directed the feature documentaries Woman on Fire (2016) and Aspie Seeks Love (2015). Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in NY. The film premiered in 2016 at DOC NYC and received praise in IndieWire and the Village Voice. Her film Aspie Seeks Love chronicles David V. Matthews, an offbeat writer on a quest to find love after a late-in-life Aspergers diagnosis. The film premiered in 2015 at Cinequest and won Best Documentary Feature Film. Aspie Seeks Love has played festivals worldwide and gained acclaim in Vice, Salon, and the Huffington Post.
Sokolow’s short films have appeared in TIME, BuzzFeed, Gawker, Upworthy, and Huffington Post. In 2014, The New York Times profiled Sokolow and the documentary series she created: Healthy Artists. The series highlights the lives, talents, and struggles of over 40 uninsured artists in America. That same year, her short film Street Doctor went viral and received over one million views. Street Doctor follows Jim Withers, the legendary doctor who hits the streets at night to provide medical care to the homeless. Sometimes Sokolow’s writing appears in Salon or Huffington Post. You can listen to her music album Something About Violins on iTunes and read about it in Pitchfork.
