Julie Dash (born October 22, 1952 in Long Island City, Queens, New York) is a United States filmmaker. Her Daughters of the Dust in 1991 was the first full-length film with general theatrical release in the United States by an African American woman. Daughters of the Dust was included in the National Film Registry in 2004. She is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Julie Dash was named a 2007 USA Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and awarded a $50,000 grant by United States Artists, a public charity that supports and promotes the work of American artists.
From 1978 - 1980, was one of six voting members of the Classifications and Rating Administration (CARA) of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). CARA is the body that provides ratings (e.g., G, PG, R) for theatrical motion pictures in the United States. Her paternal uncle, St. Julian Dash was a tenor saxophonist with Erskine Hawkins' band (1930s - 1950s) and also a composer.
She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
2003 DGA Nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, Movies for Television: The Rosa Parks Story.
2004 Daughters of The Dust placed in The National Film Registry by The Library of Congress.
