Delia Ephron
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| Born | July 12, 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1979–present |
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| Parent(s) | Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron |
| Relatives | Nora Ephron (1941–2012) Amy Ephron Hallie Ephron |
Delia Ephron (EHF-rihn;[1] born July 12, 1944) is an American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright.[2]
Life and career
Ephron was born in New York City, New York. She is the daughter of screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron. Her movies include You've Got Mail (starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,[3] Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. She has written novels for adults (Hanging Up and the recent The Lion Is In) and teenagers (Frannie in Pieces and The Girl with the Mermaid Hair), books of humor, (How to Eat Like a Child), and essays. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O the Oprah Magazine, Vogue and More, The Wall Street Journal, and The Huffington Post. In 2011 Ephron won an Athena Film Festival award for creativity and panache as a screenwriter.[4]
Ephron collaborated with her sister, Nora Ephron, on a play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which ran for over two and a half years Off Broadway. She has been performed in cities across the U.S., as well as in cities around the world including Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Manila, and Sydney.
Filmography
Screenplays
- How to Eat Like a Child (TV special, 1981)
- Brenda Starr – as by "Jenny Wolkind"[5]
- This Is My Life (1992)
- Mixed Nuts (1994)
- Michael (1996)
- You've Got Mail (1998)
- Hanging Up (2000)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
- Bewitched (2005)
Producer
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- You've Got Mail (1998)
- Hanging Up (2000)
Books
- (with Lorraine Bodger, under name Delia Brock) The Adventurous Crocheter
- My Life and Nobody Else's
- Santa and Alex
- How to Eat Like a Child (1979), illustrated by cartoonist Edward Koren
- The Girl Who Changed the World
- Teenage Romance: Or, How to Die of Embarrassment (1981)
- Funny Sauce (1986)
- Do I Have to Say Hello?: Aunt Delia's Manners Quiz for Kids/Grownups (1991)
- Hanging Up (1995)
- Big City Eyes (2000)
- Frannie in Pieces (2007)
- The Girl with the Mermaid Hair (2010)
- The Lion Is In (2012)
- Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc (2013)
Opinions
Ephron dislikes the color blue, or more specifically the "Day-Glo cobalt blue that you see on banks", which she terms "bank blue". Of Citi Bikes, Ephron writes: "for chump change to a billionaire, Mr. [Michael] Bloomberg let Citibank alter the color palette of Manhattan. It has distorted every view."[6][7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Delia Ephron on the Closeness and Complexity of Sisterhood". Fresh Air. NPR. 9 December 2013. Event occurs at 1:18–1:44. Retrieved 11 December 2013. Interview.
- ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (4 July 2010). "Jennifer Raab; Multitasking, With Time for the Roses". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Film review: Special. Visual Imagination Ltd. 2005. p. 397.
- ^ The Athena Film Festival http://athenafilmfestival.com/
- ^ Horn, John (2 August 1991). "Troubled `Starr' Trek for Brooke Shields film". The News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. p. 3E.
- ^ Ephron, Delia. "Color Me Blue". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ^ Melinda Taub, "Delia Ephron says filmmakers will hate Citi Bikes", Metro, October 21, 2013.
- ^ Christopher Robbins, "Rankled up in blue: Citi Bike's color is killing NYC's aesthetic", The Gothamist, October 21, 2013.
- ^ Adam Martin, "Delia Ephron cannot stand how blue Citi Bikes are", New York, October 21, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Delia Ephron at IMDb
- Hey! You Stole My Name! by Delia Ephron, in The New York Times (March 10, 2012)
