Julie Dash
Julie Ethel Dash (born October 22, 1952) is an American film director, writer and producer. Dash received her MFA in 1985 at the UCLA Film School and is one of the graduates and filmmakers known as the L.A. Rebellion. The L.A. Rebellion refers to the first African and African-American students who studied film at UCLA. After she had written and directed several shorts, her 1991 feature Daughters of the Dust became the first full-length film directed by an African-American woman to obtain general theatrical release in the United States. Daughters of the Dust was named one of the most significant films of the last 30 years, by IndieWire. Dash has worked in television since the late 1990s. Her television movies include Funny Valentines (1999), Incognito (1999), Love Song (2000), and The Rosa Parks Story (2002), starring Angela Bassett. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center commissioned Dash to direct Brothers of the Borderland in 2004, as an immersive film exhibit narrated by Oprah Winfrey following the path of women gaining freedom on the Underground Railroad. In 2017, Dash directed episodes of Queen Sugar on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
 Wanda Sykes: Legacy2026 · Director | Director |
| HHomeGoing2025 · Director | Director |
| SSeeking: Mapping Our Gullah Geechee Story2023 · Director | Director |
| TTravel Notes of a Geechee Girl2017 · Director | Director |
 Standing at the Scratch Line2016 · Director, Writer, Producer | Director, Writer, Producer |
 The Rosa Parks Story2002 · Director | Director |
 Love Song2000 · Director | Director |
 Incognito1999 · Director | Director |
 Funny Valentines1999 · Director | Director |
 Subway Stories1997 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Daughters of the Dust1991 · Director, Writer, Producer | Director, Writer, Producer |
 Praise House1991 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Relatives1989 · Director | Director |
| BBreaths - Sweet Honey in the Rock1988 · Director, Producer | Director, Producer |
 Illusions1982 · Producer, Director, Writer | Producer, Director, Writer |
 Diary of an African Nun1977 · Director, Producer | Director, Producer |
 Four Women1975 · Director | Director |