---
name: "Julia Swain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julia-swain"
fi1m_id: "julia-swain"
imdb_id: "nm4001077"
tmdb_id: 2633687
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T10:51:47.836597+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Julia Swain

## Identity

Julia Swain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julia-swain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julia-swain
- **IMDb ID:** nm4001077
- **TMDB ID:** 2633687
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4001077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2633687

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4001077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2633687

## Coming up

- *Trust Me, I'm a Doctor* (2026-10-16), Camera Operator
- *The Last Temptation of Becky* (2026-10-23), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Voicemails for Isabelle*](https://film.one/film/voicemails-for-isabelle.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Julia Swain is a cinematographer whose credits include feature films across genres. She holds an MFA in cinematography from UCLA and is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild. In 2022 she was named one of the American Society of Cinematographers' Rising Stars.

Her work includes *Lucky* (2020), *The Wrath of Becky* (2023), *Scrambled* (2023), *The Mattachine Family* (2023), *Voicemails for Isabelle* (2026) and *The Dreadful* (2026). Several of her projects, including *Lucky*, *Scrambled* and *The Wrath of Becky*, premiered at SXSW. She has collaborated repeatedly with director Leah McKendrick.

*Sources: imdb.com, juliaswain.net, whats-on-netflix.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Voicemails for Isabelle* (2026), Fi1m 68, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/voicemails-for-isabelle.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Last Temptation of Becky* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Trust Me, I'm a Doctor* (2026), Camera Operator
- *Voicemails for Isabelle* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/voicemails-for-isabelle.md)
- *The Dreadful* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story* (2025), Director of Photography
- *RAPT* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Scrambled* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The Wrath of Becky* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Mattachine Family* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Borderline* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Box Out* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Thumb* (2021), Cinematography
- *Rising* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DieRy* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Lucky* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Speed of Life* (2020), Director of Photography
- *A Message From the CEO* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Goodnight, Gracie* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Us* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Jilted* (2015), Director of Photography

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