| Dear Diary | |
| Director: | David Frankel |
| Producer: | David Frankel Barry Jossen |
| Starring: | Bebe Neuwirth Bruce Altman |
| Cinematography: | Maryse Alberti |
| Editing: | Michael Berenbaum |
| Production Companies: | American Broadcasting Company |
| Distributor: | American Broadcasting Company |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Dear Diary is a TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen. After being rejected by ABC, it was slightly edited and put into a single Los Angeles theater for a weekend in November 1996, and went on to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film[1] at the 69th Academy Awards.[2] It was the only made-for-TV pilot ever to win an Oscar.
The film revolves around a New York magazine art director, married and the mother of two, who, having just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal.[3]
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