Julie Cohen, Producer & Director
Julie spent 9 years as a staff producer at Dateline NBC, where she specialized in hour and two hour narratives on crime, pop culture and national news. Before that, she was a producer at Court TV, where she covered many trials and created and produced a weekly news show. Since forming BetterThanFiction Productions in 2007, she has directed and produced 4 documentaries and 2 televised theatrical productions for New York Public Television, and 2 webisode series for Lifetime. She also serves as a senior development consultant for Dateline NBC, generating ideas for stories and shows. Julie has won a DuPont Columbia Award, 4 national Emmy nominations, and the 2005 individual Achievement Award for Best TV News Producer from American Women in Radio and Television. She has a bachelor's degree from Colgate, and master's degrees from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Yale Law School.