Julia Gorbach is an Emmy and two-time World Press Photo-winning creator, filmmaker, and innovator. A “joyful wild mind” she sees the world through a strategically thoughtful lens and applies her creative experience within documentary, creative agencies, and emerging technology to conceive and create work for clients and originals.
Currently, Julia is the Director of Originals at THAT, where she helms a creative innovation discipline, fearlessly leading and incubating original concepts and products that feed into new business opportunities. Inspired by the experimental nature of Google Experiments, she is committed to collaborating with all sorts of creators, engaging with emerging technologies, prompting world building “what if?” questions to speculate possible futures, and creating solutions that people desire.
Previously, Julia was a member of NEW INC, New Museum’s art and technology incubator, and a Founding Member / Filmmaker at The Skin Deep, where she created and filmed interactive documentaries, digital series, apps, live experiences and product eco-systems. Her work has been featured at Cannes, Sundance, IDFA Doclabs, Tribeca, Webbys, True / False, and clients include Ford, Bloomberg, Grubhub, Seamless, No Kid Hungry, 2020 Census, Sotheby’s, Walmart, Condé Nast, Public Policy Lab, and The Oratory Laboratory.
