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Randa Haines
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| Born |
Randa Jo Haines
February 20, 1945 |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1979 – present |
Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer. Haines started her career as a script supervisor on several low-budget features in the 1970s, including Let's Scare Jessica to Death and The Groove Tube. She is best known for directing the critically acclaimed feature film Children of a Lesser God (1986), which starred William Hurt and Marlee Matlin, for which Matlin won the 1987 Academy Award as Best Actress, and which was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including an Academy Award for Best Picture. Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989 she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.
Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for the film Children of a Lesser God (1986) and was nominated both for the DGA Award and an Emmy Award in 1984 for the television movie Something About Amelia.
Selected filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Outsider | Director | |
| 1998 | Dance with Me | ||
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Director | |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Director | |
| 1986 | Children of a Lesser God | Director |
TV
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Ron Clark Story | Director | |
| 1984 | Something About Amelia | Director | |
| Hill Street Blues | |||
| Knots Landing | |||
| 1980 | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear for an
outstanding artistic contribution |
Children of a Lesser God | Won | |
| 1986 | Directors Guild
of America Awards |
Award for Outstanding | Nominated | ||
| 1984 | Directors Guild
of America Awards |
Best Movies For
Television And Mini-Series |
Something About Amelia | Nominated | |
| Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing In
A Limited Series Or A Special |
Nominated |
