Ramsay grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina where his family worked in medical textiles. He began making short films at the age of 12 before he attended Dartmouth College. During his sophomore year, he worked as a White House Intern under the Presidency of Bill Clinton. He graduated with a B.A. in History with a focus on revolutionary movements in developing countries. He frequently works with his younger brother, screenwriter Alston Ramsay, who was a speechwriter and senior Pentagon communications official in the Bush and Obama administrations.
Career
Ramsay started his career as an editor on documentary shows, such as VH1's Behind the Music and ESPN's SportsCentury and moved into reality television, like American Idol, The Bachelor and its spin-offThe Bachelorette. In 2006, he began editing serials, such as Alias, Battlestar Galactica and FlashForward. From 2010 to 2015, he edited 23 episodes of The Walking Dead. His work as an editor has earned him three Emmy nominations, once for The Contender and twice for Battlestar Galactica. Ramsay began his professional directing career by directing episodes of The Walking Dead. Ramsay directed episodes of other television series including The Purge, Scream, Outcast, and Krypton. In 2018, he directed and produced the feature filmMidnighters, a noir thriller written by his brother Alston. Midnighters premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was purchased for theatrical and digital distribution by IFC Midnight. It currently holds a certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Ramsay's second feature, The Current Occupant, is a psychedelic institutional horror film based on the Ramsay brothers' experiences working in politics. Actor Barry Watson stars as a patient in a mental asylum who might be the President of the United States. The script was written by Alston Ramsay and produced by Blumhouse for Hulu as a Hulu Original. Julius and Alston worked as Executive Producers on the film. The Current Occupant is the Independence Day-themed installment of Hulu's anthology film series Into the Dark. Filming was completed two weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic suspended film production in the United States. Ramsay completed all of his post-production work on the film remotely and the release was delayed two weeks. A trailer was released on July 2, 2020 and the film premieres on Hulu on July 17, 2020.
