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Janet Dulin Jones is an American screenwriter, playwright and producer.
A graduate of Long Beach State University, Jones has written screenplays for various film studios in Hollywood, including Paramount Studios, Sony Pictures, Disney and Twentieth Century Fox. Screenplays include Map of the World , starring Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore; The Ambassadors , an adaptation of the Henry James novel; and Custom of the Country, adapted from the novel by Edith Wharton.
Currently, Jones is working with directors; Mike Newell and Scott Winant on a TV series "Gramercy Park" which will shoot in the UK, in association with AMC, E-One UK and Executive Producer Brenda Friend for a 2020 production.
Jones adapted What If God Were the Sun? , a novel by television psychic medium John Edward, for Lifetime Television. The film starred Gena Rowlands, who was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for her performance.
Jones has also written, Kicks, an original screenplay for Diane Keaton to direct. Her original screenplay, The Last Romantics, is being produced in London with Goldenring Productions and CCPartnership with Swedish director, Lisa Ohlin helming the film.
Jones's play, A Tale of Charles Dickens , is an adaptation by herself and director Paul Lazarus from her original screenplay, "Dickens and Crime". A special radio version of the work was created for National Public Radio's The Play's The Thing in March 2006. The play is under submission in London, England. Her newest play, "The Elizabeths" is being produced by David Parfitt and Bob Benton of Bob & Co. in London. [1]
Jones was a Nicholls Award finalist for screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America, serves on the board of the Young Filmmaker's Academy, and is writer-in-residence for The Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles. [2] She was a fellow at the prestigious Autumn Stories Program in France in 2009.
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What If God Were the Sun? is a 2007 American television film directed by Stephen Tolkin and starring Lacey Chabert and Gena Rowlands. Written by Janet Dulin Jones and Jamie Pachino, based in part on a novel by John Edward, the film is about a dedicated nurse whose life is disrupted by her father's death. After losing her job, she finds comfort and inspiration in caring for a terminally ill woman with a quick wit and strong faith. What If God Were the Sun? was originally broadcast by Lifetime Television on May 14, 2007.
Paul Lazarus is an American director, producer and writer of film, television and theatre.
Death of a Salesman is a 2000 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1949 play of the same name by Arthur Miller and directed by Kirk Browning. The film stars American actor Brian Dennehy as Willy Loman. The film earned two nominations at both the 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2001 and the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2000.
Our Fathers is a 2005 American made-for-television drama film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Ted Danson, Christopher Plummer, Brian Dennehy and Ellen Burstyn. The screenplay was written by Thomas Michael Donnelly, based on the book Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal by David France. It was the last film directed by Dan Curtis, who died soon after it was finished.
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