Person Details

Birthday: 1952-10-23 09:45:32

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Movie Involvements: 18

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Robin Swicord (born 1952) is an American screenwriter and film director. She wrote the screenplay for the film Memoirs of a Geisha, based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. Her other screenplay credits include Little Women, Practical Magic, Matilda, The Perez Family, and Shag. Her directorial debut was with the 1993 short film The Red Coat, for which she also wrote the screenplay. Swicord wrote the screenplay for Karen Joy Fowler's 2004 novel The Jane Austen Book Club and directed the film, which was released in the United States on September 21, 2007. She also collaborated with Eric Roth on the screen adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Swicord was born in Columbia, South Carolina. She is married to screenwriter Nicholas Kazan, son of director Elia Kazan. Their daughter is actress Zoe Kazan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Swicord, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Matilda
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7

Matilda

(1996) Screenplay
Little Women
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8

Little Women

(2019) Producer
Memoirs of a Geisha
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8

Memoirs of a Geisha

(2005) Screenplay
When They See Us
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8

When They See Us

(2019) Co-Executive Producer
Practical Magic
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7

Practical Magic

(1998) Screenplay
Little Women
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7

Little Women

(1994) Screenplay
The Promise
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7

The Promise

(2016) Writer
Shag
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6

Shag

(1989) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Herself
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Producer
Co-Executive Producer
1998 Co-Producer
1996 Co-Producer
1994 Co-Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2017 Director
2007 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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