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  1. Julia Phillips (née Miller; April 7, 1944 – January 1, 2002) was an American film producer and author. She co-produced with her husband Michael (and others) 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 ...

  2. Julia Phillips is the bestselling author of the novels Bear and Disappearing Earth, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year. A 2024 Guggenheim fellow, she lives with her family in Brooklyn.

  3. Apr 8, 2024 · To see Julia Phillips become the first female producer to win a best picture Oscar is to get a glimpse of the charisma and wit that made her so welcome in Hollywood, in...

  4. A woman convicted on accessory charges in the 2010 murder of a South Carolina mayor has died in prison. Julia Phillips, 72, passed away Wednesday of natural causes, according to Richland County...

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  5. Jun 26, 2024 · As the bear’s presence grows in the sisters’ lives, Phillips turns on the electricity, sharpening her language as she compresses the tension, funneling the story into a truly riveting ending.

  6. Jan 3, 2002 · Julia Phillips was the first woman to receive a best picture Oscar for "The Sting" and produced "Taxi Driver" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". She later wrote a bestselling memoir, "You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again", that exposed Hollywood's secrets.

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  8. Julia Phillips was the first woman to win the Best Picture Oscar for producing The Sting (1973) and also worked on Taxi Driver (1976) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). She wrote two controversial autobiographies about her Hollywood career and addiction, and died in 2002.

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