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.

[1] 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.

[2] The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger.

[3] Filming began on 29 September 1998.

[4] RCA Victor released a soundtrack album on August 10, 1999.