Biography
Julia Smith (26 May 1927 – 19 June 1997) was an English television director and producer. She trained at RADA and worked in stage management before joining the BBC, where she completed a directors' training course. Her early directing credits included episodes of Dr Finlay's Casebook, Compact and Z-Cars. In 1966–67 she directed two Doctor Who serials, The Smugglers and The Underwater Menace.
While working on Z-Cars she met script editor Tony Holland. The pair became collaborators on the hospital drama Angels (1979–83) and went on to co-create the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985), with Smith serving as its first producer and directing early episodes. They later created the short-lived soap Eldorado (1992–93).
Smith also directed the 1968 BBC serialisation of The Railway Children. She was married to David Geary from 1962 to 1966.
