Randa Haines

Randa Haines
Born
Randa Jo Haines[citation needed]

(1945-02-20) February 20, 1945 (age 79)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1979 – present

Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer.[1][2] Haines started her career as a script supervisor on several low-budget features in the 1970s, including Let's Scare Jessica to Death and The Groove Tube.[3] She is best known for directing the critically acclaimed feature film Children of a Lesser God (1986), which starred William Hurt and Marlee Matlin, for which Matlin won the 1987 Academy Award as Best Actress, and which was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including an Academy Award for Best Picture.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.[10] In 1989 she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[11] In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[12]

Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for the film Children of a Lesser God (1986)[13][14] and was nominated both for the DGA Award and an Emmy Award in 1984 for the television movie Something About Amelia.[15][16]

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  2. ^ Mills, Nancy (August 4, 1986). "A DIRECTOR OF A HIGHER STANDARD". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Groove Tube". AFI Catalogue of Feature Films. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  5. ^ "The 20 greatest Oscar snubs ever – Ranked!". the Guardian. January 25, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  6. ^ Lakritz, Talia. "18 female directors who have been snubbed by the Oscars". Insider. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  7. ^ Mills, Nancy (November 20, 1986). "WOMEN DIRECTORS-- VIVE LA DIFFERENCE?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  8. ^ "Selma Director Snub Is Part of a Larger, Troubling Pattern with Female Directors". Vanity Fair. January 15, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  9. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (April 8, 2003). "Good women hard to find?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  10. ^ "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  11. ^ "Berlinale: 1989 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  12. ^ "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  13. ^ Tapley, Kristopher (January 11, 2018). "Directors Guild Sets the Bar With Progressive Nominations". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  14. ^ "Awards / History / 1986". www.dga.org. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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