Julia Fisher (She/Her) is a TV Format Developer, writer, and performance maker based in Glasgow. She studied Contemporary Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2016-2020), participated in TRC Media’s Format lab programme (2023-2024) and has an MSc. in Creative Industries and Cultural Policy from the University of Glasgow (2025-2026). She now works freelance across various roles in television, literature, and theatre.
She tries not to settle her work into niches too easily, and prefers to dabble in as much as possible. Julia’s TV work primarily been in entertainment format for development s for Hungry Bear Media but she has also worked in post production and research roles. As a playwright her work has been performed at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, including being shown as part of the Words Words Words showcase. She has performed with the National Theatre of Scotland, 21 Common, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as internationally with Theater Labor, Germany and Plavo Pozoriste, Serbia. In 2019 she was awarded the Carnegie Foundation’s Vacation Scholarship Award for a research project into interactive performance. Julia’s academic work has explored online cultural production with particular emphasis on how online video creators have upscaled their work through collectively owned streaming services.
The leading motivation of Julia’s career is finding moments of play and unpredictability. Whether it be in a quiz format where nobody knows what question is coming next, around the table playing tabletop games, or on stage talking to a crowd of strangers. There is something magic to be found in the unknown and Julia wants to have some fun with it.