Known for Production
Julia Pistor has over twenty years of leadership experience in family entertainment as both a Content Producer and Senior Executive with proven success across disciples and a background that spans feature film, TV, streaming, branded content, and consumer products. A nimble leader, she combines management ability with creative expertise to develop and produce compelling stories and IP in animation and live action, shape and execute strategy, and build collaborative partnerships. Julia is continually inspired by the ever-evolving ways we tell and share stories. As a film producer and executive with the Nickelodeon branded feature film division, Julia identified and produced over fifteen highly successful animated and live-action franchise feature films including The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The Rugrats films, Nacho Libre, Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events, Charlotte's Web, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Good Burger, and Harriet the Spy. In 2015 Julia joined the flagship Barbie brand, acting as its Chief Content Officer. She played a key role in transforming the $1.5B+ brand into a contemporary, inspirational and highly profitable platform for girls and women including developing and executing a new 360 content strategy that made Barbie the first-ever animated YouTube influencer (driving over 10MM subscribers), a top ranked animated series for Netflix, Dreamhouse Adventures, the brand's first pre-school franchise extension, Dreamtopia, an award winning Hulu documentary, Tiny Shoulders. She also set-up the record breaking live action feature film, Barbie. Julia runs her own production and consulting company. Clients have included will.i.am, HiT Entertainment, Overbrook, Great Wolf Lodge and Cartoon Network where she produced the Emmy and Annie award winning movie Firebreather with Peter Chung. She has recently produced The Magician's Elephant feature film for Netflix Animation Studios. Raised in the American Foreign Service, Julia was born in Africa, lived in India, but spent most of her childhood in London. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, The Producers Guild of America, Women in Animation, and The Television Academy.
Born
June 25, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Nairobi, Kenya
Filmography
23 films, 2 shows


The Magician's Elephant
2023 · 1h 39m
country: Australia
Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.


Max Steel
2016 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.


Nacho Libre
2006 · 1h 32m
country: Germany
Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery -- not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación.


The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 · 1h 27m
country: United States
There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.


Clockstoppers
2002 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Until now, Zak Gibbs' greatest challenge has been to find a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various inventions and slips it on -- something very strange happens. The world around him seems to come to a stop, everything and everybody frozen in time. Zak quickly learns how to manipulate the device and he and his quick-witted and beautiful new friend, Francesca, start to have some real fun.


Snow Day
2000 · 1h 29m
country: Germany
When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.