Randa Haines

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Randa Haines
Born
Randa Jo Haines[ citation needed ]

(1945-02-20) February 20, 1945 (age 78)
Los Angeles, California
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]

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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]

Selected filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
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]

TV

YearTitleRoleNotes
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

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotes
1987 Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear for an

outstanding artistic contribution

 Children of a Lesser God Won [33]
1986 Directors Guild

of America Awards

Award for Outstanding

Directing – Feature Film

Nominated [34] [14]
1984 Directors Guild

of America Awards

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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