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Julian Breece is an award-winning writer-director whose work crosses film and TV. Breece wrote the original screenplay for the upcoming Netflix original film "Bayard" about gay Civil Rights strategist Bayard Rustin and the March on Washington.
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Dec 12, 2023 · Although Rustin’s achievements have long been overlooked, co-screenwriter Julian Breece tells THR that he’s considered Rustin “a hero and a guiding light” ever since he first learned of the...
Screenwriter | Director | Producer.
Dec 6, 2023 · “Knowing that a Black man who was openly gay in the ’40s and ’50s not only survived but helped change the course of history deeply impacted my sense of self-worth and what felt possible for my...
Breece describes one of the scenes he’s proudest of in Rustin in which the civil rights activist boards a bus in Tennessee and refuses to sit at the back. He’s confronted and hauled off by police officers, who beat him to the ground repeatedly, until he’s bleeding.
Nov 17, 2023 · Julian Breece (When They See Us) wrote Rustin’s story and cowrote the screenplay alongside Dustin Lance Black (Milk). Breece spent years working on the project, conducting hours of interviews...
Nov 9, 2023 · Julian Breece is a screenwriter who co-wrote Rustin, a Netflix movie about the civil rights leader and mentor of Martin Luther King Jr. He shares his decade-long journey of researching and crafting the story of a legend who was overlooked and sidelined for his sexuality.
