Juliana Schatz is a Colombian-American documentary film producer and director. Her directorial debut, Los Comandos, was shortlisted for the 2019 Academy Awards and was a nominee for the 2018 International Documentary Award. Her short film, Waiting for Tearah, premiered at the Double Exposure Film Festival and was supported by ITVS, FRONTLINE, Firelight Media, Type Investigations and The Fund for Investigative Journalism. In 2020 Juliana won the Silurians Press Club Medallion for her Reveal & Type Investigations radio documentary about parents of children with severe mental illness being pressured to give up child custody. In 2018 she was nominated for a Livingston Award for Young Journalists for her film, Los Comandos. Juliana started Complex World, a youth culture – current-affairs documentary series that goes beyond the headlines with in-depth stories told through a pop-culture lens. Juliana loves the opportunity to speak with students. She has been a guest speaker for students at Columbia University, York College (CUNY) and IRIS-In / Ghetto Film School, among others. Juliana has an undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in New York with her husband and young sons.
