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Jane Anderson

Writing

Born January 1, 1954 · California

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Biography

Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and director. She wrote and directed the feature film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005), and wrote the film It Could Happen to You (1994), starring Nicolas Cage. She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Lucy Award · 2000
  • Gracie Awards
  • News and Documentary Emmy Awards
  • PEN Center USA
  • Primetime Emmy Award
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  • Women Film Critics Circle
  • Women in Film Honors
  • Writers Guild of America Award

Filmography11 titles

The Wonder Years

1988Writer

Mad Men

2007Consulting Producer, Writer

Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson

2015Co-Writer

Olive Kitteridge

2014Executive Producer

The Wife

2017Executive Producer, Screenplay

The Facts of Life

1979Writer

It Could Happen to You

1994Screenplay

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

2005Director, Screenplay

How to Make an American Quilt

1995Screenplay

The Baby Dance

1998Director, Teleplay, Theatre Play

When Billie Beat Bobby

2001Director, Writer