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.

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    Hollywood's 50 Most Powerful TV Showrunners of 2019

    THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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

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    GIRLS ON THE BUS

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    VAMPIRE ACADEMY

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    THE ENDGAME

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    ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO

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    LEGACIES

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    CONTAINMENT

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

    THE ORIGINALS

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    THE TOMORROW PEOPLE

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    THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

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

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    KYLE XY

    Launched the ABC Family network

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    76 Teen Choice Awards Nominations

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    30 People's Choice Awards Nominations

DIRECTOR’S REELS

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    VAMPIRE ACADEMY

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

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    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

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  • 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

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    LEGACIES

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

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    RIVERDALE

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

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    TIME AFTER TIME

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

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    LEGACIES

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

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SCRIPTS

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    "Stand By Me"

    The Vampire Diaries, Episode 415

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

    "Pilot"

    Containment, Episode 101

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

    "This is the Part Where You Run"

    Legacies, Episode 101

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

    "Death Keeps Knocking On My Door"

    Legacies, Episode 107

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She has fostered a new generation of showrunners.

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    NANCY DREW

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    YELLOWJACKETS

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    FATE: THE WINX SAGA

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    THE ENDGAME

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    Brett Matthews

    LEGACIES

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    BATWOMAN

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    Carina Adly Mackenzie

    ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO

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