Filmmaker, Author & Visual Artist; Director of "Daughters of the Dust"; Diana King Endowed Professor at Spelman College

Atlanta, GA, USA
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Julie Dash Biography

Julie Dash is an American filmmaker, author, and visual artist whose work has contributed significantly to Black cinema. Dash is recognized for her visual explorations of racial justice, diasporic identities, migration, and the experiences of Black women across films, videos, and museum installations. She earned her MFA from UCLA Film School and is associated with the L.A. Rebellion, a movement of African and African American students who influenced American independent cinema. Her early short films include "The Diary of an African Nun," based on a short story by Alice Walker, which won a student award from the Directors Guild of America, and "Illusions," which received the Jury Prize for Best Film of the Decade from the Black Filmmakers Foundation.

Dash's feature film "Daughters of the Dust" is recognized as a milestone in film history. With this Sundance award-winning film, she became the first African American woman to achieve a wide theatrical release for a feature film. The film was produced in collaboration with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and distributed by Kino International. Both "Daughters of the Dust" and her UCLA MFA thesis "Illusions" have been placed in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, making Dash the only African American woman with a feature film inducted into the registry.

Dash has worked across television, documentary, and museum projects. She has written and directed for CBS, BET, Encore Starz, Showtime, MTV Movies, HBO, and OWN Television. Her credits include directing the NAACP Image Award-winning CBS Network Television Movie "The Rosa Parks Story." Dash was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement at the Directors Guild of America, becoming the first African American woman nominated in the Primetime Movies Made for Television category. Her television work includes "Reasonable Doubt" for Disney+/Hulu, the ABC limited series "Women of The Movement," "Our Kind of People" for FOX/Hulu, and "Queen Sugar" for OWN TV. In the museum sector, Dash designed rooms for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vogue's "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," featured at the NYC Met Gala.

Dash has received several honors, including the New York Film Critics Special Award and the Visionary Award from Women in Film, Washington DC. She was presented with the President's Lifetime Achievement Award for volunteer service. Dash directed Wanda Sykes' Netflix comedy special, "Wanda Sykes: Legacy," and has mentored emerging filmmakers from Spelman College and the Atlanta University Center.

In addition to her filmmaking, Dash is active in film education. She serves as the Diana King Endowed Professor in the Department of Art and Visual Culture at Spelman College, where she has contributed to the development of the documentary filmmaking major. Dash continues to work on film projects and museum installations and is developing documentary projects, including "Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl," a feature-length documentary about Vertamae Smart Grosvenor. With a career spanning more than five decades, Dash is regarded as a significant voice in American cinema, Black film, and visual arts.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/30/2026.

Julie Dash Videos

Ava DuVernay, Julie Dash & Euzhan Palcy | Academy Dialogues

Ava DuVernay, Julie Dash & Euzhan Palcy | Academy Dialogues

Academy governor Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) and featuring filmmakers Julie Dash (“Daughters of the Dust”) and Euzhan Palcy (“Sugar Cane...

Afropolitan '18 : Q&A with Julie Dash | Talk | BOZAR

Afropolitan '18 : Q&A with Julie Dash | Talk | BOZAR

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Panel discussion with  director Julie Dash

Panel discussion with director Julie Dash

Panel discussion Rujeko Hockley with director Julie Dash, cinematographer Arthur Jafa, and actress and We Wanted a Revolution artist Alva...

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