Phillips, Julia (1944–2002)

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Phillips, Julia (1944–2002)

American film producer. Name variations: Julia Miller Phillips. Born Julia Miller, April 7, 1944, in New York, NY; died Jan 1, 2002 in West Hollywood, CA; dau. of a scientist who worked on the Los Alamos project that developed the atomic bomb; attended Mount Holyoke College; m. Michael Phillips (producer), 1966 (div. 1974); children: Kate Phillips.

Served as editorial assistant at Ladies Home Journal (1965–69), associate editor and East coast story editor for Paramount Pictures, NY (1969), head of Mirisch Productions, NY, and creative executive for First Artists Productions, NY (1971); cofounded Bill/Phillips productions (1971); worked as producer for Ruthless Productions, Los Angeles; with husband and Tony Bill, produced such 1970s hits as The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind; became 1st woman to win Academy Award for Best Picture, as producer of The Sting (1974).

See also autobiographies You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (1990) and Driving Under the Influence (1995).

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