Julie Plec

Julie Plec
Plec at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	(1972-05-26) May 26, 1972 (age 44)
Occupation	Producer and screenwriter
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Northwestern University
Period	Writer: 1996–present
Notable works	Scream Kyle XY The Vampire Diaries The Originals

Julie Plec (born May 26, 1972) is an American television producer and writer, known for her work on the CW television series The Vampire Diaries which she co-created with Kevin Williamson, and its spin-off The Originals, also the TV series Containment

Plec graduated from Northwestern University in 1994. She was originally a film major but transferred out of the program halfway through and graduated from an interdepartmental major.

Plec wrote another film for Wes Craven, Cursed, which was released in 2005 and starred Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, Joshua Jackson, and Shannon Elizabeth. The film suffered many script and scheduling difficulties during production and ultimately failed to perform at the box office.

Plec developed a new TV series for The CW entitled The Vampire Diaries, which was adapted from a novel series of the same name by L. J. Smith. The series follows the life of Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev), who falls in love with vampire Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), and soon finds herself caught in a love triangle between Stefan and his older brother, Damon (Ian Somerhalder), while the brothers are also being haunted by the past they've had with Katherine Pierce (also played by Dobrev). The series also focuses on the lives of Elena's friends and other inhabitants of the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. The Vampire Diaries premiered on September 10, 2009, and has become a domestic and international hit.