Julie Plec facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Julie Plec
Plec at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	(1972-05-26) May 26, 1972 (age 52)
Occupation	Producer, screenwriter and director
Alma mater	Northwestern University
Period	Writer: 1994–present
Notable works	Scream Kyle XY The Vampire Diaries The Originals Legacies Roswell, New Mexico Vampire Academy

Julie Plec (born May 26, 1972) is an American television producer, writer and director, known for her work on The CW television series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017) which she co-created with Kevin Williamson, and its spin-offs The Originals (2013–2018) and Legacies (2018–2022). She also developed the limited series Containment (2016).

Early life

Plec graduated from Northwestern University in 1994. She was originally a film major but transferred out of the program halfway through and graduated from an interdepartmental major.

Career

Having acted as co-producer and assistant to Wes Craven on both Scream 2 and Scream 3, Plec worked on another film for Craven, Cursed, which was released in 2005 and starred Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, Joshua Jackson, and Shannon Elizabeth. The film suffered many script and scheduling difficulties during production and ultimately failed to perform at the box office.

From 2006-2009 Plec was a producer and writer for Kyle XY.

Plec developed a new TV series for The CW entitled The Vampire Diaries, which was adapted from a novel series of the same name by L. J. Smith. The series follows the life of Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev), who falls in love with vampire Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), and soon finds herself caught in a love triangle between Stefan and his older brother, Damon (Ian Somerhalder), while the brothers are also being haunted by the past they've had with Katherine Pierce (also played by Dobrev). The series also focuses on the lives of Elena's friends and other inhabitants of the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. The Vampire Diaries premiered on September 10, 2009, and has become a domestic and international hit.

In November 2012, Deadline Hollywood announced that Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti had attained the rights to The Tomorrow People and commissioned a pilot written by Phil Klemmer. This occurred after a similar rights option expired to an aborted attempt two years previously. It was announced on January 28, 2013 that the revival had received a pilot order from The CW. On May 9, 2013 the series was picked up for the 2013–14 season by The CW.

On January 11, 2013, it was announced that a back-door pilot of The Vampire Diaries entitled The Originals focusing on the Original family of vampires was in the works. The pilot aired in April 2013 as part of The Vampire Diaries' fourth season. It was soon after picked up for series by The CW, which aired its first season in the 2013–14 season. Joseph Morgan reprises his role as Klaus. It also stars The Vampire Diaries actors Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt and Phoebe Tonkin as well as new cast members. This second spin-off attempt is carried out by Julie Plec, with no involvement by Kevin Williamson. In 2020, her My So-Called Company signed a deal with Universal Television.

Filmography

Film

Television

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Key

Denotes television series that have not yet aired.

Year	Title	Credited as					Network	Notes
		Creator	Producer	Writer	Executive producer	Showrunner
1999	Dawson's Creek	No	No	No	No	No	The WB	Production consultant Episode: "High Risk Behavior")
1999	Wasteland	No	Co-producer	No	No	No	ABC
2006–09	Kyle XY	No	Yes	Yes (8)	No	No	ABC Family	Producer (season 1, season 2: 3 episodes) Supervising producer (season 2: 20 episodes) Co-executive producer (season 3)
2009–17	The Vampire Diaries	Developer	Yes	Yes (31)	Yes	Yes	The CW	Co-executive producer (season 1: 15 episodes); Executive producer (145 episodes) Director (3 episodes)
2013–18	The Originals	Yes	No	Yes (11)	Yes	Yes
2013–14	The Tomorrow People	Developer	No	No	Yes	No		Executive producer (17 episodes)
2016	Containment	Developer	No	Yes (3)	Yes	Yes
2016	Recon	No	No	No	Yes	No	Fox	Unsold pilot
2017	Time After Time	No	No	No	No	No	AXN	Director (Episode: "You Will Find Me")
2018	Riverdale	No	No	No	No	No	The CW	Director (Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tell Tale Heart")
2018–22	Legacies	Yes	No	Yes (6)	Yes	Yes		Director (2 episodes)
2019–21	Roswell, New Mexico	No	No	No	Yes	No		Executive producer (seasons 1–3) Director (2 episodes)
2022	Vampire Academy	Developer	No	Yes (1)	Yes	Yes	Peacock	Director
2023	The Girls on the Bus	Developer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Max
TBA	We Were Liars	Developer	No	Yes (1)	Yes	Yes	Amazon Prime Video
TBA	Confessions	Yes	No	Yes (1)	Yes	Yes	Netflix

Executive producer only

See also

In Spanish: Julie Plec para niños