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]
Randa Haines | |
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Born | Randa Jo Haines[citation needed] February 20, 1945 |
Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter |
Years active | 1979 – present |
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | The Outsider | Director | [17] |
1998 | Dance with Me | ||
1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Director | [18][19] |
1991 | The Doctor | Director | [20][21][22] |
1986 | Children of a Lesser God | Director | [23][24][25][26][27][28] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | The Ron Clark Story | Director | [29][30] |
1984 | Something About Amelia | Director | [31][32] |
Hill Street Blues | |||
Knots Landing | |||
1980 | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
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1987 | Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear for an
outstanding artistic contribution |
Children of a Lesser God | Won | [33] |
1986 | Directors Guild | Award for Outstanding | Nominated | [34][14] | |
1984 | Directors Guild | Best Movies For
Television And Mini-Series |
Something About Amelia | Nominated | [16] |
Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing In
A Limited Series Or A Special |
Nominated | [15] |
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