Robin Swicord

Robin Swicord
Born
Robin Stender Swicord[1]

(1952-10-23) October 23, 1952 (age 72)
Alma materFlorida State University
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director
Years active1979–present
Known forThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Notable workLittle Women
The Jane Austen Book Club
Spouse
(m. 1984)
ChildrenZoe Kazan
Maya Kazan

Robin Stender Swicord (born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright, best known for literary adaptations.[2] Her notable screenplays include Little Women (1994), Matilda (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005),[3] and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008),[4][5] the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. She wrote and directed the 2007 film The Jane Austen Book Club.

Swicord is the wife of screenwriter Nicholas Kazan, and the mother of actresses Zoe Kazan and Maya Kazan. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Directors.

  1. ^ "Florida Obituary and Death Notice Archive - Page 1042: Henry "Hank" Grady Swicord II". GenLookups. October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Wolf, Jaime (August 23, 1998). "The Blockbuster Script Factory". The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Kay, Jeremy (January 10, 2006). "Memoirs of an adaptation". The Guardian. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  4. ^ Morgan, Barbara; Perez, Maya (2013). "Structure and Format: A Conversation with Frank Pierson, Whit Stillman, Robin Swicord, and Nicholas Kazan". On Story: Screenwriters and Their Craft (First ed.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. pp. 63–80. ISBN 978-0-292-75460-7. OCLC 879547941.
  5. ^ "Literary Luncheon Series with author and screenwriter Robin Swicord". Research Channel, University of Southern California. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2015.

Robin Swicord

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