Julian Marshall

Film & Commercial Director

Julian Marshall found his love for filmmaking growing up skateboarding in Washington DC. His work stems from an affinity for art/design, athletics, emerging technology, and political activism.

While studying Film at Rhode Island School of Design, Julian honed his craft working for Shepard Fairey at Obey Giant, and Wes Anderson on Moonrise Kingdom.

His time at RISD culminated in directing Obey The Giant, an award winning narrative film about the early life of Shepard Fairey and the origin of his Obey Giant street art campaign.

Since then, he has built a career developing feature films and directing commercials for a wide variety of clients including Google, Under Armour, Amazon, Ford, Intel, Spectrum, Toyota, JP Morgan Chase, Red Bull, HP, Citibank, Verizon, Bayer, BET, PwC, ClearMotion, TNT, and Tidal.

In 2021, Julian won two Webby’s for his film, We Are George Floyd, about the 2020 BLM Protests.

Participating Sessions

NFTs & CRYPTOCURRENCIES

In recent months, we’ve watched in amazement as art works, music, even a New York Times column, fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars as NFTs. One news organization has launched its work on the metaverse, and is offering NFTs as a way to finance its reporting. Do NFTs offer a viable way to fund journalism or filmmaking? We’ll hear from the experts on NFTs and cryptocurrencies, who will break it...