Julia Parks (b. 1992) is an artist and filmmaker from Cumbria in the north of England. Much of her childhood was spent in marshlands and flower-rich post-industrial sites, observing her father counting rare butterflies. These early experiences and the landscapes she grew up in have shaped her interests as an artist today.

She is often drawn to “unloved” places and things—abandoned arms depots, overlooked plants or slag banks masquerading as hills. Her working methods include field recording, archive research and collaborating with individuals invested in the places she is also drawn to. Her films are sensorial and observational, emerging through long-term engagements with specific geographical locations or subjects.

Her work has been screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Open City Documentary Festival, and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg. She is currently developing new ways of working while studying Documentary Film Directing with Doc Nomads in Hungary, Portugal, and Belgium (2024–26). She originally studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in London (2012–15).