Known for Sound
Julie Minasian has extensive musical training, performing and teaching experience. She is a licensed Music Together teacher and has over 15 years of experience teaching piano to children and adults. Julie was born into a musical family in a rich musical environment. Her musical ability was nurtured at a very young age by her parents, Samuel, a violinist, and Joyce Minasian, a pianist who both graduated from the Eastman School of Music. Julie's mother taught her piano starting at the age of 4 and she began voice lessons at age 15. Julie showed interest in writing music around age 11. A classically trained pianist and vocalist, Julie graduated from Drury University with a Bachelor of Music with majors in piano, voice and music theory/composition. During college, Julie spent a year abroad in London, England at Trinity Laban conservatory where she studied piano and vocal performance. She studied piano with Simon Young and performed a solo piano recital in London during her year abroad. After college, Julie went on to have a career singing in professional choirs, including the New York Choral Artists, as well as in choirs for film and game soundtracks. Some of her film score credits include The Lorax, Ice Age 4, Men in Black 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness. Julie also composes piano and choral music, and is a songwriter. She has performed her original songs at numerous venues in New York City and Los Angeles and recorded a full-length CD entitled "This is the Love I Have." In addition to music, Julie is also a trained actress and has performed on stage as well as in TV and film. She studied acting at Drury University and Regent's College in London, and with acting teachers in New York and Los Angeles. Some of her film acting credits include the The Holiday, Spider-Man 3 and the 2011 Oscar-winning movie, The Artist.
Birthplace
New York City, New York
Filmography
10 films


Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 · 2h 10m
country: United Kingdom
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.


Epic
2013 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.


Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · 2h 12m
country: United States
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.


Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.


Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.


Men in Black 3
2012 · 1h 46m
country: United Arab Emirates
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.


The Avengers
2012 · 2h 23m
country: United States
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!


John Carter
2012 · 2h 12m
country: United States
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.


The Lorax
2012 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.