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Julie Dash (born October 22, 1952) is an American filmmaker, author and member of the L.A. Rebellion. Her ''Daughters of the Dust'' (1992) was the first full-length film by an African-American woman with general theatrical release in the United States. Dash is the film's producer, screenwriter and director. In 2004, ''Daughters of the Dust'' was included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. One of a generation of African and African-American filmmakers from the UCLA Film School who have created an alternative to Hollywood films, Dash has also made numerous music videos and television movies, the latter including ''Funny Valentines'' (1999), ''Incognito'' (1999), ''Love Song'' (2000), and ''The Rosa Parks Story'' (2002). Her ''Brothers of the Borderland'' (2004) was commissioned by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Dash's book ''Daughters of the Dust: A Novel'' (1997) is a sequel to the film, set 20 years later in Harlem and the Sea Islands. ==Early life== Julie Dash was born on October 22, 1952 in Queens, New York. Her father, a Gullah from the Sea Islands of Georgia, raised her.〔("Bio-Julie Dash" ), Julie Dash Blog〕 In an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times,'' Dash said that she knew little about her Sea Island heritage until she noticed her father's "funny accent." She learned years later that it was Gullah, a West African-influenced English creole used and preserved by people on the islands and in the Low Country of Georgia, South Carolina, and northeastern Florida, together with a particular culture. As a child she noted certain rituals by her nanny, a Gullah woman; for instance, the woman would burn strands of Dash's hair that came loose after combing, rather than throwing them in a wastebasket. She told Dash this was "so no one could get a hold of it" and suggested "hiding () pictures so no one could put gopher dust on them and drive you crazy.".〔(Susan King, "The 'L.A. Rebellion' returns" ), ''The Los Angeles Times,'' 3 October 2011〕 Dash began her study of film in 1969 at the Studio Museum of Harlem. As an undergraduate, she studied psychology until accepted into the film school at the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CCNY. In 1974, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree. As a student, Dash wrote the script for a documentary for the New York Urban Coalition, entitled ''Working Models of Success''. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles for graduate studies, attending the Center for Advanced Film Studies at the American Film Institute (AFI). There she studied under filmmakers including Jan Kadar, William Friedkin, and Slavko Vorkapich. She attended graduate school at the UCLA Film School, one of a new generation of African and African-American filmmakers who became known as the L.A. Rebellion.〔("Julie Dash" ), ''New York Times"〕 She directed ''Working Models of Success'' (1976), and the next year, produced ''Four Women'' (1977), a short dance film based on a song by Nina Simone. It won a Gold Medal for Women in Film in the 1978 Miami International Film Festival. As a graduate student at UCLA, she received an MFA in Film and Television Production. She directed the film ''Diary of an African Nun'' (1977). Screened at the Los Angeles Film Exposition, it earned a Director's Guild Award for a Student Film.〔(Voices: "Julie Dash" ), University of Minnesota, 5 August 2005〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julie Dash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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