Julia Michels

Julia Michels is a Grammy Winning Music Supervisor whose films have garnered both critical acclaim and over $2 Billion Dollars in worldwide ticket sales.

Michels began her career as the Director of Soundtracks for Capitol Records. She then went on to Twentieth Century Fox, where as the VP of Music, she supervised all music for projects across Twentieth’s myriad divisions. She left Fox to run the soundtrack department across all labels in the EMI Records family and then went on to oversee music for MGM Pictures before venturing out on her own. She found her true calling working as an independent Music Supervisor and has proven time and again that her contributions translate to major box office success. Michels had the honor of winning a Grammy in 2020 for her work on A Star Is Born. In 2015, she received a Billboard Music Award, an American Music Award, and Grammy nomination for her work on Pitch Perfect 2. She is the winner of the 2010, 2012 & 2019 awards for Outstanding Music Supervision in film by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards and the winner of the 2011, 2012, 2017 & 2019 awards for Best Supervision in Film by the Guild of Music Supervisors. Michels is the newly elected President for the LA Chapter of the Recording Academy, for which she has been a board member for the past 10 years, as well as a member of the Motion Picture Academy. Julia is also honored to be on the Advisory Board for We are Moving the Needle, an organization specifically created to support women in all aspects of the recording industry.

Aside from the accolades and awards, nothing showcases Julia’s skills and work reputation better than her consistent and continuous stream of projects. Upcoming Releases include the Jerry Seinfeld directed and acted in Unfrosted, the story about the evolution of the Pop Tart in the 1960’s, as well as Back in Action, an action comedy starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. Prior releases include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Cocaine Bear, Luck, The Starling, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, The Old Guard, A Star Is Born, The Greatest Showman, The Pitch Perfect Franchise, Trolls and Bad Moms.

Prior box office success include the blockbuster The Devil Wears Prada, box office smashes Sex & The City (1&2), the critically acclaimed drama The Blind Side, all four Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies and the Oscar Nominated (Best Song) and Grammy Nominated (Best Soundtrack) August Rush, and many others.

When Julia is not music supervising, she spends her time mentoring young aspiring music industry professionals which has always been a passion and calling for her to ‘pass experience and knowledge down to the next generation’.