Randa Haines Explained

Randa Haines
Birth Name:Randa Jo Haines
Birth Date:20 February 1945
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California
Occupation:Film director
Screenwriter
Yearsactive:1979 – present

Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer.[1] [2] 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.[3] 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.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.[10] In 1989 she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[11] In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[12]

Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for the film Children of a Lesser God (1986)[13] [14] and was nominated both for the DGA Award and an Emmy Award in 1984 for the television movie Something About Amelia.

Selected filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002The OutsiderDirector[15]
1998Dance with Me
1993Wrestling Ernest HemingwayDirector[16] [17]
1991The Doctor Director[18] [19] [20]
1986Children of a Lesser God Director[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

TV

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2006The Ron Clark StoryDirector[27] [28]
1984Something About AmeliaDirector[29] [30]
Hill Street Blues
Knots Landing
1980The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

Awards and nominations

!Year!Award!Category!Work!Result!Notes
1987Berlin International Film FestivalSilver Bear for an outstanding artistic contributionChildren of a Lesser God[31]
1986Directors Guild of America AwardsAward for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film[32]
1984Directors Guild of America AwardsBest Movies For Television And Mini-SeriesSomething About Amelia[33]
Emmy AwardsOutstanding Directing In A Limited Series Or A Special[34]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Randa Haines . 2022-12-31 . TVGuide.com . en.
  2. Web site: Mills . Nancy . 1986-08-04 . A DIRECTOR OF A HIGHER STANDARD . 2022-12-31 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  3. Web site: The Groove Tube. AFI Catalogue of Feature Films. 7 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Academy Awards Search Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences . https://web.archive.org/web/20221231102425/https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22FilmTitle%22%3A%22Children%20of%20a%20Lesser%20God%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%222-Film%20Title-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D . Dec 31, 2022 . 2022-12-31 . awardsdatabase.oscars.org.
  5. Web site: 2018-01-25 . The 20 greatest Oscar snubs ever – Ranked! . 2022-12-31 . the Guardian . en.
  6. Web site: Lakritz . Talia . 18 female directors who have been snubbed by the Oscars . 2022-12-31 . Insider . en-US.
  7. Web site: Mills . Nancy . 1986-11-20 . WOMEN DIRECTORS-- VIVE LA DIFFERENCE? . 2022-12-31 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  8. 2015-01-15 . Selma Director Snub Is Part of a Larger, Troubling Pattern with Female Directors . 2022-12-31 . Vanity Fair . en-US.
  9. Web site: Goldstein . Patrick . 2003-04-08 . Good women hard to find? . 2022-12-31 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  10. Web site: Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners . February 27, 2011 . berlinale.de.
  11. Web site: Berlinale: 1989 Juries . March 9, 2011 . berlinale.de.
  12. Web site: 24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002) . March 30, 2013 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194648/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2002 . January 16, 2013 . mdy-all .
  13. News: Directors Guild Sets the Bar With Progressive Nominations. Tapley. Kristopher. 2018-01-11. Variety. 2018-03-13. en-US.
  14. Web site: Awards / History / 1986 . 2022-12-31 . www.dga.org.
  15. Web site: Fries . Laura . 2002-11-06 . The Outsider . 2022-12-31 . Variety . en-US.
  16. Schickel . Richard . 1994-01-10 . Codgers, Shticky and Sticky . en-US . Time . 2022-12-31 . 0040-781X.
  17. Web site: Rainer . Peter . 1993-12-17 . MOVIE REVIEW : Actors Over the Top in 'Hemingway' . 2022-12-31 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  18. Web site: August 02 . Melina Gerosa Updated . EDT . 1991 at 04:00 AM . The Return of Randa Haines . 2022-12-31 . EW.com . en.
  19. Web site: 1991-08-02 . MOVIE REVIEW : 'Doctor': Right Medicine : Duet: Director Randa Haines and star William Hurt create a decent and sensitive film that redeems a predictable plot. . 2022-12-31 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  20. News: Maslin . Janet . 1991-07-24 . Review/Film; William Hurt as Doctor Whose Spirit Heals When He Falls Ill . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-31 . 0362-4331.
  21. Web site: Thomas . Kevin . 1986-10-03 . MOVIE REVIEWS : FROM NEW ORLEANS TO THE COAST OF MAINE : 'CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD' . 2022-12-31 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  22. Schickel . Richard . 2005-06-21 . Miracle Worker: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD . en-US . Time . 2022-12-31 . 0040-781X.
  23. Web site: 'Children of a Lesser God' . 2022-12-31 . www.washingtonpost.com.
  24. Web site: Variety Staff . 1986-01-01 . Children of a Lesser God . 2022-12-31 . Variety . en-US.
  25. News: Canby . Vincent . 1986-10-03 . SCREEN: AN ADAPTION, 'CHILDREN OF LESSER GOD' . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-31 . 0362-4331.
  26. News: Darnton . Nina . 1986-09-26 . AT THE MOVIES . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-31 . 0362-4331.
  27. Web site: DiOrio,AP . Carl . DiOrio . Carl . AP . 2007-01-11 . DGA noms to 5 cable film directors . 2022-12-31 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  28. Web site: McNary . Dave . 2007-01-10 . DGA nominates TV movies . 2022-12-31 . Variety . en-US.
  29. Web site: BBC Programme Index . 2022-12-31 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. March 6, 1989 .
  30. Web site: 2019-02-14 . Oscar favorite Glenn Close talks acting, Lady Gaga and her first zombie movie . 2022-12-31 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  31. Web site: 2013-10-15 . Berlinale Archive Annual Archives 1987 Prize Winners . 2022-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121550/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1987/03_preistr_ger_1987/03_Preistraeger_1987.html . October 15, 2013 .
  32. Web site: Davis . Clayton . 2022-01-27 . DGA Nominations: Jane Campion, Kenneth Branagh and Denis Villeneuve Lead the Directors Field . 2022-12-31 . Variety . en-US.
  33. Web site: Awards / History / 1984 . 2022-12-31 . www.dga.org.
  34. Web site: Randa Haines . https://web.archive.org/web/20221231114601/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Randa+Haines&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_nominations_year_op=%3E%3D&field_nominations_year%5Bvalue%5D=1949-01-01&field_nominations_year_1_op=%3C%3D&field_nominations_year_1%5Bvalue%5D=2022-01-01 . Dec 31, 2022 . 2022-12-31 . Television Academy . en.

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