Robin Swicord

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Robin Swicord

Writing 73 October 23, 1952

Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Robin Stender Swicord (born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright best known for literary adaptations. Her notable screenplays include Littl…

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Robin Stender Swicord (born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright best known for literary adaptations. Her notable screenplays include Little Women (1994), Matilda (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. She wrote and directed the 2007 film The Jane Austen Book Club. Swicord is the wife of screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and the mother of actresses Zoe Kazan and Maya Kazan. She is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Directors member. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Swicord, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  1. 2019
    Little Women

    Movie Producer

  2. 2019
    When They See Us

    TV show Teleplay

  3. 2017
    Wakefield

    Movie Director

  4. 2016
    The Promise

    Movie Writer

  5. 2016
  6. 2008
  7. 2007
    The Jane Austen Book Club

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 2005
    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1998
    Practical Magic

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1996
    Matilda

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1995
    The Perez Family

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1994
    Little Women

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1989
    Shag

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1987
    You Ruined My Life

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1980
    Cuba Crossing

    Movie Writer