Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California, USA) is an American actress-turned-award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. She has written and directed one feature film, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005).

Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Selected director and writer filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

Prior to film directing, Anderson wrote and directed several critically acclaimed television movies, notably Normal (2003), starring Jessica Lange; The Baby Dance (1998), starring Stockard Channing and Laura Dern; The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993), Egyptian Pyramids starring Holly Hunter; and If These Walls Could Talk 2 (segment "1961") (2000), which won Vanessa Redgrave an Emmy Award for her portrayal of an elderly lesbian prevented from being in the hospital with her dying long-time companion.

She became a writer for the AMC television drama Mad Men for the show's second season. She was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for her work on the second season.^[1]

[edit] Awards

• Emmy Award for writing The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
• Emmy Award nominations for writing and directing The Baby Dance (1998)
• Emmy Award nomination for writing Normal (2003)
• Emmy Award nomination for writing If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (For episode "1961")
• Directors Guild of America Award nomination for directing Normal (2003)
• Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series for her work on the second season of Mad Men (2008)^[1]

[edit] Selected director and writer filmography

• The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) (TV) (teleplay)
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995) (screenplay)
• The Baby Dance (1998) (TV) (direction and teleplay, adapted from her play
• If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV) (direction and teleplay, segment "1961")
• When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) (TV) (direction and teleplay)
• Normal (2003) (TV) (direction and teleplay, adapted from her play Looking for Normal)
• The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) (direction and screenplay)

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3410. Retrieved 2008-12-12. 

[edit] External links

• Jane Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Jane Anderson at Allmovie
• Profile at Curve

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