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Julia Phillips

American film producer and author (1944-2002) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 57

Julia Phillips was an American film producer and author. She co-produced with her husband Michael three prominent films of the 1970s - The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind - and was the first female producer to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, received for The Sting.

Julia Phillips is read about 144 times a day, in 19 languages.

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2004Wilbur Cross MedalAward2002Died1 January 20021996E! True Hollywood StorySeries1991Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadFilm, Producer1988The BoostFilm, Producer1977Close Encounters of the Third KindFilm, Producer1976Taxi DriverFilm, ProducerThe Big BusFilm, 1976Producer1974Academy Award for Best PictureAward1973Steelyard BluesFilm, ProducerThe StingFilm, 1973Producer1944Born7 April 1944

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Known for

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  • Taxi Driver 1976
  • The Sting 1973
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 2003
  • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1991

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 8

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Television 1

Awards

Wilbur Cross Medal2004
Academy Award for Best Picture1974

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2002 · aged 57

In the same film or series as Julia

Cary GuffeyAlso in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Howard HessemanAlso in Steelyard Blues (1973)Richard D. ZanuckAlso in The Sting (1973)Victor ArgoAlso in Taxi Driver (1976)John BeckAlso in The Big Bus (1976)Stephen HerekAlso in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)