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Nancy Dowd (born 1945) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter whose credits include the films Slap Shot and Coming Home. [1] Career. Dowd is a graduate of the UCLA Film School. Her brother Ned Dowd inspired [2] the story behind Slap Shot based on his experiences playing minor league hockey.
- UCLA
- Screenwriter
Director. Actress. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Nancy Dowd was born in 1945 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and director, known for Slap Shot (1977), Coming Home (1978) and Love (1982). More at IMDbPro.
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- Writer, Director, Actress
- Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Nancy Dowd
Overview. Born. 1945 · Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. Nicknames. Nancy N. Dowd. Ernest Morton. Rob Morton. Mini Bio. Nancy Dowd was born in 1945 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and director, known for Slap Shot (1977), Coming Home (1978) and Love (1982). Trivia. Sister of Ned Dowd. Quotes.
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Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.
- $6 million
- Elmer Bernstein
- February 25, 1977
- Robert J. Wunsch, Stephen J. Friedman
This week, guest Darren Callahan brings us the story of screenwriter Nancy Dowd! After graduating from Smith College, Nancy enrolls at UCLA determined to forge a career writing for film. Not only does she succeed, she ends up writing some of the most renowned films of the 70s and 80s, and even winni…
Oct 26, 2023 · In this installment: screenwriter Nancy Dowd, who penned Slap Shot and Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. With the writers’ strike hopefully at close-to-resolution point in the US, we’ll still be showing solidarity by focusing on screenwriters in the Unsung Auteurs column.
Feb 19, 2024 · Nancy Dowd had shadowed Ned’s team, the Johnstown Jets, for a month during the 1974-75 season of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), about the lowest rung of the minors, a place for long...
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