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Robin Stender Swicord (born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright, best known for literary adaptations. Her notable screenplays include Little Women (1994), Matilda (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ...
Oct 19, 2023 · October 19, 2023 @ 8:19 AM. Screenwriter Robin Swicord hasn’t seen “Practical Magic” in the 25 years since it was released. For her, it’s hard to remember much about the film outside of ...
Sep 12, 2019 · ROBIN SWICORD People just weren’t that interested in a movie with a lot of women in it, especially women wearing long dresses. Someone said to us they would do a modern-day version, like, the ...
Nov 13, 2014 · "Put down the phone, scream, and come back," Swicord jokingly said, to the laughter of the committee. "Oh my God. Oh my God thank you so much!" West continued, finally letting her excitement out. "I'm thrilled to death!” West wasn’t the only writer receiving a memorable phone call that today from the Academy’s Nicholl committee.
Sep 13, 2016 · The persecution of the Jewish people in Europe had a similar aspect of envy, I found doing research. Especially in Hungary they were so successful, that many well-known members of the elites were ...
Robin Swicord. Writer: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Robin Swicord was born in 1952 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. She is a writer and director, known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and Little Women (1994). She has been married to Nicholas Kazan since 1984. They have two children.
Screenwriter Robin Swicord adapted Little Women, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Jane Austen Book Club, her feature directing debut. Her other film credits include Matilda (cowritten with Nicholas Kazan), Shag, The Perez Family, Practical Magic, and most recently, a co-story credit for her contribution toThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
