Age, Biography and Wiki
Julia Leigh was born on 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian writer, film director and screen writer. Discover Julia Leigh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?
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Julia Leigh |
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Director, screenwriter |
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54 years old |
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Australia
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She is a member of famous Director with the age 54 years old group.
Julia Leigh Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Julia Leigh Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Julia Leigh worth at the age of 54 years old? Julia Leigh’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. She is from Australia. We have estimated Julia Leigh's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Julia Leigh (born 1970) is an Australian novelist, film director and screenwriter.
Born in 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales, Leigh is the eldest of three daughters.
Her father was a physician and medical researcher while her mother a high school maths teacher.
Leigh majored in philosophy and law at the University of Sydney and was admitted to the NSW Supreme Court as a Legal Practitioner.
For a time she worked as a legal advisor at the Australian Society of Authors where she shifted interest into writing.
Leigh is the author of the novels The Hunter (1999) and Disquiet (2008), which received critical acclaim.
Her mentors have included authors Frank Moorhouse and, as part of the 2002–2003 edition of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Toni Morrison.
In 2009, Leigh was awarded a PhD in English from the University of Adelaide.
Disquiet won the Encore Award for outstanding second novels in 2009.
In 2011 her debut feature film Sleeping Beauty was selected to screen in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
She is an author of two award-winning novels, The Hunter and Disquiet, for which she has been described as a "sorceress who casts a spell of serene control while the earth quakes underfoot".
Leigh also wrote and made her directorial debut with Sleeping Beauty, a 2011 film starring Emily Browning about a university student drawn into a mysterious world of desire.
Her film was selected for the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2015 Leigh was awarded the Peter Blazey Fellowship from the University of Melbourne for development work on Avalanche, and in 2016 was awarded the Australia Council Fellowship in Literature for work on a new novel.
Leigh has spent extensive periods in Paris and New York (where she was Adjunct Associate Professor of English at Barnard College).
In 2016, she published an autobiographical work Avalanche about her own experiences with in-vitro fertilisation.
In a review in the Sydney Morning Herald, Gretchen Shirm concluded that "at the heart of this book lies an overwhelming generosity, a willingness to impart personal experience for the insight it offers others".
