Julia Phillips (née Julia Miller) was born on April 7, 1944, and passed away on January 1, 2002. She was a groundbreaking figure in the American film industry, renowned for her role as a film producer.

Julia made history by becoming the first female producer to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, an accolade she earned for the classic film The Sting. Alongside her husband, Michael, Julia co-produced two other iconic films of the 1970s—Taxi Driver and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

In 1991, she authored a revealing tell-all memoir about her experiences in Hollywood, titled You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, which garnered significant attention and became a bestseller.