- In 2006, he launched Karate Athlete, Inc. with its flagship website KarateAthlete.com. Karate Athlete is the first site for any sport to provide detailed training diaries from multiple world champions. Karate Athlete was a sponsor of the 2006 WKF World Championships in Finland and is the most proactive force behind the push for Olympic inclusion of the sport of Karate.
- Best friends and ex-roommates with Sean Hepburn Ferrer, oldest son of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer. Sean was Julian's best man at his wedding and his daughter Emma was his flower girl.
- In 2011, he created "Hollywood on the Lake" to try and promote filmmaking in the Buffalo NY area where his kids live with their mother. He found the local film commissioner to be counterproductive to the cause and has since refocused his energies on pushing his own projects back in Los Angeles. (as of Aug. 2013).
- Julian became good friends with director Roman Polanski when the two met accidentally stranded in Barcelona airport. They were both traveling from Ibiza to Paris but bad weather grounded them in Barcelona for a few hours. They subsequently hung out in Paris and skied in Gstaad. Julian was casting director Dominique Besnehard's first choice to co-star with Walter Matthau in Polanski's "Pirates". He remained the 1st choice for a year but ultimately Polanski thought Julian wasn't "innocent" enough for the role. This all occurred completely independent of their friendship and didn't affect it in the least. Polanski flew Julian out to the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere.
- Is a Single and Multi engine Commercial licensed pilot with an instrument rating.
- Regular Pilot for Senator Chuck Schumer (2023).
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