Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

*Introducing Dorothy Dandridge*
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
	Promotional poster
Genre	Biographical drama
Based on	Dorothy Dandridge; by Earl Mills
Screenplay by	Shonda Rhimes; Scott Abbott;
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Starring	Halle Berry; Brent Spiner; Obba Babatundé; Loretta Devine; Cynda Williams; LaTanya Richardson; Tamara Taylor; Alexis Carrington; Klaus Maria Brandauer;
Composer	Elmer Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Katz; Moctezuma Esparza; Joshua D. Maurer; Vincent Cirrincione; Halle Berry;
Producer	Larry Y. Albucher
Cinematography	Robbie Greenberg
Editor	Alan Heim
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	HBO Pictures; Esparza/Katz Productions; Berry/Cirrincione;
Budget	$9.2 million
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	August 21, 1999

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Shonda Rhimes and Scott Abbott, based on the 1991 biography Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger.

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