Jane Anderson

For the Second World War broadcaster known as the "Georgia Peach", see Jane Anderson (Nazi collaborator).

Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) 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) and wrote the script for the Nicolas Cage film It Could Happen to You.

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]

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")
Women in Film Lucy Award (2000) in recognition of excellence and innovation in a writing a creative work (If These Walls Could Talk 2) that has enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television^[2]
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]

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)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (1979–2000)

Michael Mann and Patrick Nolan (1979) · David Chase (1980) · Arthur Miller (1981) · Barry Morrow (1982) · Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick (1983) · William Hanley (1984) · Vickie Patik (1985) · Rob Cowan, Daniel Lipman and Sherman Yellen / David Butler (1986) · Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers and Richard Friedenberg (1987) · William Hanley (1988) · Ron Hutchison, Abby Mann and Robin Vote (1989) · Terrence McNally (1990) · Andrew Davies (1991) · Joshua Brand and John Falsey (1992) · Jane Anderson (1993) · Bob Randall (1994) · Alison Cross (1995) · Simon Moore (1996) · Horton Foote (1997) · Kario Salem (1998) · Ann Peacock (1999) · David Mills and David Simon (2000)

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