Randa Haines

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Randa Haines
Born
Randa Jo Haines[citation needed]

(1945-02-20) February 20, 1945 (age 79)
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]

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[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
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[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
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[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Notes
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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Randa Haines". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  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. ^ a b "Awards / History / 1986". www.dga.org. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Randa Haines". Television Academy. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Awards / History / 1984". www.dga.org. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  17. ^ Fries, Laura (November 6, 2002). "The Outsider". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  18. ^ Schickel, Richard (January 10, 1994). "Codgers, Shticky and Sticky". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  19. ^ Rainer, Peter (December 17, 1993). "MOVIE REVIEW : Actors Over the Top in 'Hemingway'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  20. ^ August 02, Melina Gerosa Updated; EDT, 1991 at 04:00 AM. "The Return of Randa Haines". EW.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Doctor': Right Medicine : Duet: Director Randa Haines and star William Hurt create a decent and sensitive film that redeems a predictable plot". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1991. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  22. ^ Maslin, Janet (July 24, 1991). "Review/Film; William Hurt as Doctor Whose Spirit Heals When He Falls Ill". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  23. ^ Thomas, Kevin (October 3, 1986). "MOVIE REVIEWS : FROM NEW ORLEANS TO THE COAST OF MAINE : 'CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  24. ^ Schickel, Richard (June 21, 2005). "Miracle Worker: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  25. ^ "'Children of a Lesser God'". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  26. ^ Variety Staff (January 1, 1986). "Children of a Lesser God". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  27. ^ Canby, Vincent (October 3, 1986). "SCREEN: AN ADAPTION, 'CHILDREN OF LESSER GOD'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  28. ^ Darnton, Nina (September 26, 1986). "AT THE MOVIES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  29. ^ DiOrio,AP, Carl; DiOrio, Carl; AP (January 11, 2007). "DGA noms to 5 cable film directors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  30. ^ McNary, Dave (January 10, 2007). "DGA nominates TV movies". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  31. ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. March 6, 1989. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  32. ^ "Oscar favorite Glenn Close talks acting, Lady Gaga and her first zombie movie". Los Angeles Times. February 14, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  33. ^ "| Berlinale | Archive | Annual Archives | 1987 | Prize Winners". October 15, 2013. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  34. ^ Davis, Clayton (January 27, 2022). "DGA Nominations: Jane Campion, Kenneth Branagh and Denis Villeneuve Lead the Directors Field". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

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