Julie Hébert (sometimes credited as Julie Hebert) is a television writer, director and producer. She worked on the John Wells-produced series Third Watch, ER, and The West Wing. She was also a co-executive producer and regular writer and director for Numb3rs.
In 1996 she adapted the novel Female Perversions into a screenplay with Susan Stretfield. Stretfield went on to direct the film. In 2000 she wrote a television film entitled All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story.
Later in 2000 she became involved with Third Watch as a writer. She wrote a second-season episode entitled "Know Thyself". She remained with the series and wrote a later second-season episode in 2001 entitled "Man Enough". Later that year she began her career as an episodic director when she directed portions the third season premiere "In Their Own Words" alongside Christopher Chulack. In 2002 she helmed her first episode independently, "Superheroes: Part Two", which aired later in the third season. In 2003 she was hired as an executive story editor for Third Watch. She wrote three episodes for the third season – "He Said, She Said", "The Long Guns" and "The Unforgiven". While working on Third Watch she adapted her original play Ruby's Bucket of Blood into a TV film.
In 2002 Hebert became involved with ER, another Wells production series, as a co-producer for the ninth season. She co-wrote ninth-season episode "A Hopeless Wound" with supervising producer Joe Sachs. She returned after the mid-season break as a producer and wrote a further ninth-season episode "A Little Help from My Friends". She was also hired to direct a ninth season episode entitled "The Advocate". She remained with the series as a director and helmed two episodes for the tenth season, "Shifts Happen" in 2003 and "Midnight" in 2004. She then wrote and directed the eleventh-season episode "Twas the Night".
In 2004 she became involved with the fifth season of The West Wing (also a Wells production series) as a director. She helmed two fifth season episodes, "Slow News Day" and "No Exit". She returned in fall 2004 to direct the sixth season episode "The Hubbert Peak".
In 2005 she was hired as a writer and consulting producer for Numb3rs. She scripted two episodes for the second season, "In Plain Sight" in 2005 and "All's Fair" in 2006. She was promoted to co-executive producer for the third season. She scripted a further three episodes for the third season; "Waste Not" in 2006; "Nine Wives" in 2006; and "The Art of Reckoning" in 2007. She also made her directing debut for the series with "Nine Wives". She remained a co-executive producer, writer and director for the fourth season and wrote the episode "Primacy" in 2007 and wrote and directed the episode "Power" in 2008. She returned in the same capacity for the fifth season and wrote and directed "Thirty Six-Hours" in 2008, directed "Trouble in Chinatown", and scripted "Animal Rites" in 2009.