Julie Sophia Levine-Young (born September 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, artist, and the current CEO of Paramount Animation and Head of Animation of RCH Animation and Blue Sky Studios.
Early life[]
Young was born in Los Angeles, California, the oldest of four children to lawyer Alexander Young and teacher Miranda Young.
Career[]
Young gained an interest in animation at a young age from viewing old Disney movies at a local theatre. After graduating high school in 1979, he attended USC, majoring in art. She also partook in working in animation at Paramount Cartoon Studios. Her first work at Paramount was The Prince and the Pauper.
Personal life[]
Young is married to John Levine (b. November 11, 1955), an animator from Viacom Animation. They have three children: Selah Elizabeth (b. July 8, 2001), Jonathan Mitchell (b. October 2, 2006) and Kaylie Scarlett (b. March 20, 2008). Jonathan provided the voice of young Prince Flamo in The Flamingo Prince.
She resides in Los Angeles, California, a few of blocks north of the Paramount Animation headquarters.
Filmography[]
Film[]
- The Prince and the Pauper - animator (1981)
- Doodles - directing animator (1982)
- The Tales of Wind - animator, character designer (1984)
- Hotel for Dogs - supervising animator (1988)
- East of the Sun and West of the Moon - supervising animator, character designer (1989)
- Lena - director (1990)
- Little Helpers To the Rescue - director (1990)
- Naturia - story and supervising animator (1991)
- The World of Fairy Tales - special thanks (1992)
- Meredith's Journey - director, writer and story (1994)
- The Sunshine - story and special thanks (1995)
- ToonMania: Around the Hollywood - producer and writer (1996)
- Natalia's Story - producer (1996)
- The Betty Boop Movie - writer (1997)
- Mistress Masham's Repose - director and story (1997)
- Meredith's Returns - special thanks (1998)
- A ToonMania Summer Vacation - producer and writer (1998)
- Future Princess - story (1998)
- ToonMania: The Zany Quest Begins - producer and writer (1998)
- The Viking Warrior - director and story (2001)
- The Wizards - story (2002)
- Musical Stories 90th - writer (2002)
- Filp-Out Mind - producer (2003)
- Magina - writer and story (2003)
- Twin, Duo, and Two - director and story (2004)
- HighLoose - special thanks (2005)
- The Viking Warrior: Godly Problems - special thanks (2005)
- Circus Bears - story (2006)
- OtherWorld - special thanks (2006)
- Twin, Duo, and Double - director (2007)
- The Adventures to the Treasure Island - special thanks (2007)
- The Queen of Legacy - story and special thanks (2008)
- Virtual Journey - story (2009)
- The Tooners - special thanks (2009)
- Twin, Duo, and Three - executive producer and story (2010)
- The Flamingo Prince - director and story (2011)
- Toony Tales: The Real Madness - executive producer (2012)
- The Modifyers Movie - executive producer (2012)
- Musical Stories: A New Revival - executive producer (2012)
- Jeremy Jaguar - executive producer (2013)
- Virtual Journey: Level Two - executive producer (2013)
- Puffy - director, writer and story (2014)
- Susan - executive producer (2014)
- Puffy Fever - director (2015)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water - executive producer (2015)
- Nyasia: The Warrior Princess - executive producer and story (2015)
- The Brady Kids - executive producer and story (2016)
- Puyo Pop - executive producer and story (2016)
- Paradoria - executive producer and story (2016)
- Virtual Journey: Next Dimensions - executive producer (2017)
- Venus - executive producer (2017)
- Ice Wonderland - director and writer (2017)
- The Legend of Magic Sword - executive producer and story (2017)
- Agent Alondra - executive producer (2018)
- Crawler, Liger and Ratty: The Three Animals - executive producer and story (2018)
- Puffy's Big Break - director and story (2019)
- Twin, Duo, and Forever - executive producer and story (2019)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - executive producer (2020)
- Paradoria 2 - executive producer (2020)
- María: The Last Life - executive producer (2020)
- Virtual Journey: Game Changer - executive producer (2021)
- Beyond - story and executive producer (2021)
- Doodles: Redrawn - executive producer (2022)
- Puffy's Years - director and story (2022)
- Venus and Mars - executive producer (2022)
- Noveltoons: All Together Now - executive producer (2022)
- Nights into Dreams - executive producer (2022)
- Olympus Journey - executive producer (2023)
Television[]
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Video games[]
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Award and nominations[]
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