Ying-Te Julie Chen is a local 800 Production Designer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Taiwan, Julie has an MFA in Production Design from American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Her AFI thesis film “This Way Up” won the Student Academy Awards in 2015. She also earned a BFA in Fine Art from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
Julie’s recent production design credits include SLANTED, directed by Amy Wang, starring Shirley Chen and McKenna Grace, which was selected for the 2025 SXSW Narrative Feature Competition. She also worked on The Saviors, a darkly comedic thriller starring Adam Scott, Danielle Deadwyle, and also with Greg Kinnear and Ron Perlman. Julie’s other notable work includes IKÉ Boys, a coming-of-age feature set in Japan and Oklahoma, and Snatchers, a comedy horror film shot in New Mexico and Utah, produced by Stage 13 (Warner Bros.).
In addition to her work in the U.S., Julie has designed several high-profile projects in Asia. Her production design for Little Big Women earned six nominations at the 57th Golden Horse Awards. She also designed for Netflix's Let’s Talk About CHU and HBO Asia/MAX Original Series - The Accidental Influencer. Let’s Talk About CHU garnered nine nominations at the 59th Golden Bell Awards, including a nomination for Best Production Designer for Julie. Her work on the feature film End of Summer, which she designed in China, won the KNN (Audience) Award at the 2017 Busan International Film Festival. In 2015, Julie worked on the international co-production Run for Love in Norway, alongside director Hua-Tao Teng and lead actress Michelle Chen.
Julie is passionate about the in-depth character development unique to feature films but enjoys working across various formats. She designed the entire TV series How to Build Everything for Discovery Science Channel in 2016. Her work on the short film Wonderland, starring Joan Chen, earned the HBO APA Visionary Award in 2017. Julie also designed the sci-fi short Skywatch, starring Jude Law.
Her music video credits include Last Dance for Japanese rock band One OK Rock, 88rising’s 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE - avOcadO SHakE, and Rich Brian’s HISTORY. Her commercial portfolio features high-profile clients such as Volvo, Lexus, Lincoln, Lee Jeans, Gogoro, and VIVO.
Being born and raised in Taiwan and having lived on the East and West coast of the states, Julie has an innate understanding of both tangible and intangible cultural differences. Combining this understanding, her intuitive artistic sensibility, and interest in human psychology, she is especially good at transforming imagination into a world built with vision and narrative truth. Julie draws inspirations from her unique experiences to create a world that is undeniably realistic and incredibly personal. She values the collaborative process of a group of visual artists and always stays true to the unified vision.
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出⽣於台灣⾼雄，加州藝術中⼼設計學院(Art Center College of Design) 藝術學⼠、美國電影學院 (AFI) 電影美術系藝術創作碩⼠。
Julie 主要工作於美國洛杉磯，精通英語與國語，這幾年所接的案子遍佈於北美、歐洲、與亞洲各地：這些作品也在釜山國際電影節、金馬影展、東京影展、美國SXSW、全美電影節等各⼤國際影展放映。
Julie 近期美術指導的電影包括由 Amy Wang 執導、Shirley Chen 和 McKenna Grace 主演的 Slanted，該片入選 2025 年 SXSW 敘事長片競賽。她還參與了黑暗喜劇驚悚片 The Saviors，該片由 Adam Scott、Danielle Deadwyler主演、Greg Kinnear 和 Ron Perlman 聯合演出。Julie 其他過去的電影作品包括 IKÉ Boys，一部以日本和奧克拉荷馬為背景的成長故事，以及在新墨西哥和猶他州拍攝的喜劇恐怖片 Snatchers，由 Stage 13（華納兄弟）製作。
除了在美國的工作外，Julie 也在亞洲美術指導多部電影及影集。她美術指導電影《孤味》計獲得了第57屆金馬獎六項提名。她還參與了 Netflix 的《愛愛內含光》和 HBO 亞洲/MAX 原創劇集《何百芮的地獄獨白》。《愛愛內含光》 在第59屆金鐘獎中獲得九項提名，其中包括 Julie 入圍最佳美術設計。她在中國大陸參與的電影 《End of Summer》，則在 2017 年釜山國際電影節上獲得了 KNN 觀眾獎。2015年，Julie 參與了挪威國際合作製作的電影 《Run for Love》，由陳妍希主演並與導演滕華濤一同合作。
Julie 熱衷於敘事故事中獨特的深度人物發展，但也喜歡跨多種格式工作。她曾為 Discovery Science Channel 設計整個電視劇 How to Build Everything，並於2016年播出。她為短片 Wonderland（由 Joan Chen 主演）的設計，獲得了 2017 年 HBO APA Visionary Award。Julie 還為科幻短片 Skywatch（由 Jude Law 主演）擔任設計。
她的音樂錄影帶作品包括：日本搖滾樂隊 One OK Rock 的 Last Dance、88rising 的 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE - avOcadO SHakE 和 Rich Brian 的 HISTORY。她的廣告作品作品涵蓋了 Volvo、Lexus、Lincoln、Lee Jeans、Gogoro 和 VIVO 等。