Behind-the-scenes photo from the filming of Roswell, New Mexico's pilot. Julie Plec is in a floral top and gray cardigan, headphones around her neck, chatting with someone whose back is to the camera.

Julie Plec has built a massive content universe as a creator, writer, showrunner, executive producer and director.

  • Official The Vampire Diaries promo photo of Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Wesley.

    Hollywood's 50 Most Powerful TV Showrunners of 2019

    THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

  • Official The Vampire Diaries promo photo of Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, and Ian Somerhalder.

    Her Vampire Diaries Universe—The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Legacies—spanned 13 years and more than 300 episodes of television.

  • Logo text for CNN's Girls on the Bus special, saying "Girls on the Bus."

    GIRLS ON THE BUS

  • Panel from the comic Dead Day, featuring a figure with glowing red eyes at a metal gate covered in apocalyptic messages.

    DEAD DAY

  • Vampire Academy Official Art featuring Lissa and Rose

    VAMPIRE ACADEMY

  • Promotional poster for The Endgame featuring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathe.

    THE ENDGAME

  • Promotional poster for Roswell, New Mexico featuring Jeanine Mason and Nathan Parsons.

    ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO

  • Promotional poster for Legacies featuring Danielle Rose Russell, Kaylee Bryant, Jenny Boyd, Matthew Davis, Aria Shahghasemi, Quincy Fouse, and Peyton Alex Smith.

    LEGACIES

  • Promo poster for Containment featuring Christopher Wood wearing a bloody medical mask.

    CONTAINMENT

  • Promo poster for The Originals featuring Claire Holt, Joseph Morgan, Charles Michael Davis, Phoebe Tonkin, and Daniel Gillies.

    THE ORIGINALS

  • The Tomorrow People promotional poster featuring Peyton List, Robbie Amell, and Luke Mitchell.

    THE TOMORROW PEOPLE

  • Promotional poster for The Vampire Diaries featuring Kat Graham, Ian Somerhalder, Candice Accola King, Zach Roerig, Michael Trevino, Steven McQueen, Matthew Davis, Nina Dobrev, Michael Malarkey, and Paul Wesley.

    THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

    The CW’s biggest hit and highest-rated show from 2009-2012

  • Kyle XY promotional poster featuring Jaimie Alexander and Matt Dallas.

    KYLE XY

    Launched the ABC Family network

  • The Vampire Diaries promotional image featuring Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Wesley.

    76 Teen Choice Awards Nominations

  • The Originals promotional image featuring Phoebe Tonkin, Sebastian Roche, Charles Michael Davis, Daniel Gillies, Joseph Morgan, Leah Pipes, and Danielle Campbell.

    30 People's Choice Awards Nominations

DIRECTOR’S REELS

  • VAMPIRE ACADEMY

    SEASON 1, EPISODE 8: “THE TRIALS”
    WRITTEN BY NOAH DIAZ

    VIDEO HOVER

  • Video cover image featuring Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder as Stefan and Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries.

    THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

    SEASON 6, EPISODE 15: “LET HER GO” WRITTEN BY JULIE PLEC; SEASON 7, EPISODE 17: “I WENT TO THE WOODS,” WRITTEN BY NEIL REYNOLDS; SEASON 8, EPISODE 16: “I WAS FEELING EPIC,” WRITTEN BY JULIE PLEC & KEVIN WILLIAMSON

    VIDEO HOVER

  • Video cover image featuring Jeanine Mason (Liz Ortecho) and Nathan Parsons (Max Evans) in Roswell, New Mexico.

    ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO

    SEASON 1, EPISODE 1: “PILOT”
    SEASON 1, EPISODE 13: “RECOVERING THE SATELLITES”
    WRITTEN BY CARINA ADLY MACKENZIE

    VIDEO HOVER

  • Video cover image featuring Jenny Boyd (Lizzie Saltzman) and Kaylee Bryant (Josie Saltzman) of Legacies.

    LEGACIES

    SEASON 2, EPISODE 1: “I’LL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE”
    WRITTEN BY JULIE PLEC & BRETT MATTHEWS

    VIDEO HOVER

  • Video cover image featuring Lili Reinhart (Betty Cooper) and Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom) in Riverdale.

    RIVERDALE

    SEASON 2, EPISODE 13: “THE TELL-TALE HEART”
    WRITTEN BY MICHAEL GRASSI

    VIDEO HOVER

  • Video cover image featuring Freddie Stroma (H.G. Wells) and Josh Bowman (Dr. John Stevenson) in Time After Time.

    TIME AFTER TIME

    SEASON 1, EPISODE 9: “YOU WILL FIND ME”
    WRITTEN BY MARY LEAH SUTTON

    VIDEO HOVER

  • Video cover image featuring Matthew Davis (Alaric Saltzman) and Karen David (Emma Tig).

    LEGACIES

    SEASON 1, EPISODE 10: “THERE’S A MUMMY ON MAIN STREET”
    WRITTEN BY MARGUERITE MACINTYRE & SHERMAN PAYNE

    VIDEO HOVER

 

 

SCRIPTS

  • Stefan, Elena, and Damon leaving the Gilbert house

    "Stand By Me"

    The Vampire Diaries, Episode 415

    READ SCRIPT
  • Jake Riley (Christopher Wood) stares at a person in a biohazard suit cleaning blood off a window.

    "Pilot"

    Containment, Episode 101

    READ SCRIPT
  • Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell) stands behind iron bars, like a cell.

    "This is the Part Where You Run"

    Legacies, Episode 101

    READ SCRIPT
  • Rafael Waithe (Peyton Alex Smith) standing in front of a bookcase.

    "Death Keeps Knocking On My Door"

    Legacies, Episode 107

    READ SCRIPT

 

 

She has fostered a new generation of showrunners.

  • Promotional poster for Nancy Drew

    Melinda Hsu Taylor

    NANCY DREW

  • Promotional poster for Yellowjackets

    Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson

    YELLOWJACKETS

  • Promotional poster for Fate: The Winx Saga

    Brian Young

    FATE: THE WINX SAGA

  • Promotional poster for The Endgame

    Jake Coburn

    THE ENDGAME

  • Promotional poster for Legacies

    Brett Matthews

    LEGACIES

  • Promotional poster for Batwoman

    Caroline Dries

    BATWOMAN

  • Promotional poster for Roswell, New Mexico

    Carina Adly Mackenzie

    ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO

Powerfully emotional. Powerfully entertaining.

Emily Cummins, President

Headshot of Emily Cummins, President of My So-Called Company
 
4/left

FOLLOW JULIE & MSCC