Julie Dash
December 2004, The Library of Congress placed "Daughters of the Dust" in the National Film Registry; "Daughters of the Dust" joins 400 American films preserved as National Treasures.
Ms. Dash recently directed a short film designed to screen for a very long time at The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum in Ohio. The HD production of, "Brothers of the Borderland is not only a feast for the eyes, viewers also feel the spray of river water, they feel pulsating wind, and experience the smell of the deeps woods in the museum's environmental theater. "Brothers of the Borderland" is total sensory experience, playing every twenty-minutes during museum hours for the next four years.Ms. Dash also directed the NAACP Image Award winning CBS Network Television Movie, "The Rosa Parks Story" the winner of The Family Television Award, The New York Christopher Award, and Angela Bassett received an Emmy Nomination for her performance as "Rosa Parks." For the 55th Annual Directors Guild Awards, Julie Dash was nominated for her Outstanding Directorial Achievement on "The Rosa Parks Story," and she became the first African American woman nominated in the category of Primetime Movies Made for Television at The Directors Guild of America.
Her long form, dramatic narrative films include: "Love Song," an MTV original feature starring R&B singers Monica, Tyress and TLC's Chili; "Incognito," a romantic thriller staring Richard T. Jones, Vanessa Williams, Phil Morris, Ron Glass with Rodger Guenveur Smith; and the ENCORE/StarZ3 "Funny Valentines" starring Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine and C.C.H. Pounder. She wrote and directed an episode of "Women" for ShowTime Cable Network, as well as "Sax Cantor Riff", HBO's "Subway Stories" for Producers Jonathan Demme and Rosie Perez.
Ms. Dash has a book published by The New Press, and a novel published by Dutton-Signett Books. She is currently working on a romantic trilogy for Dutton-Signett Books.
Ms. Dash earned her M.F.A. in Film & Television production at UCLA; received her B.A. in Film Production from CCNY, and she was also a Fellow at the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies, the AFI conservatory at Greystone Mansion.
When not working on her projects, Ms. Dash is a frequent lecturer at many of the leading universities across the United States.
December 2004, The Library of Congress placed "Daughters of the Dust" in the National Film Registry; "Daughters of the Dust" joins 400 American films preserved as National Treasures.
Ms. Dash recently directed a short film designed to screen for a very long time at The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum in Ohio. The HD production of, "Brothers of the Borderland is not only a feast for the eyes, viewers also feel the spray of river water, they feel pulsating wind, and experience the smell of the deeps woods in the museum's environmental theater. "Brothers of the Borderland" is total sensory experience, playing every twenty-minutes during museum hours for the next four years.Ms. Dash also directed the NAACP Image Award winning CBS Network Television Movie, "The Rosa Parks Story" the winner of The Family Television Award, The New York Christopher Award, and Angela Bassett received an Emmy Nomination for her performance as "Rosa Parks." For the 55th Annual Directors Guild Awards, Julie Dash was nominated for her Outstanding Directorial Achievement on "The Rosa Parks Story," and she became the first African American woman nominated in the category of Primetime Movies Made for Television at The Directors Guild of America.
Her long form, dramatic narrative films include: "Love Song," an MTV original feature starring R&B singers Monica, Tyress and TLC's Chili; "Incognito," a romantic thriller staring Richard T. Jones, Vanessa Williams, Phil Morris, Ron Glass with Rodger Guenveur Smith; and the ENCORE/StarZ3 "Funny Valentines" starring Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine and C.C.H. Pounder. She wrote and directed an episode of "Women" for ShowTime Cable Network, as well as "Sax Cantor Riff", HBO's "Subway Stories" for Producers Jonathan Demme and Rosie Perez.
Ms. Dash has a book published by The New Press, and a novel published by Dutton-Signett Books. She is currently working on a romantic trilogy for Dutton-Signett Books.
Ms. Dash earned her M.F.A. in Film & Television production at UCLA; received her B.A. in Film Production from CCNY, and she was also a Fellow at the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies, the AFI conservatory at Greystone Mansion.
When not working on her projects, Ms. Dash is a frequent lecturer at many of the leading universities across the United States.
