Randa Haines

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]

Randa Haines
Born	Randa Jo Haines^[citation needed] (1945-02-20) February 20, 1945 (age 79) Los Angeles, California
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1979 – present

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.^[15][16]

Selected filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Outsider	Director	^[17]
1998	Dance with Me
1993	Wrestling Ernest Hemingway	Director	^[18]^[19]
1991	The Doctor	Director	^[20]^[21]^[22]
1986	Children of a Lesser God	Director	^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Ron Clark Story	Director	^[29]^[30]
1984	Something About Amelia	Director	^[31]^[32]
	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	^[33]
1986	Directors Guild of America Awards	Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film		Nominated	^[34]^[14]
1984	Directors Guild of America Awards	Best Movies For Television And Mini-Series	Something About Amelia	Nominated	^[16]
	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing In A Limited Series Or A Special		Nominated	^[15]

References

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7. Mills, Nancy (November 20, 1986). "WOMEN DIRECTORS-- VIVE LA DIFFERENCE?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
8. "Selma Director Snub Is Part of a Larger, Troubling Pattern with Female Directors". Vanity Fair. January 15, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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11. "Berlinale: 1989 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
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13. Tapley, Kristopher (January 11, 2018). "Directors Guild Sets the Bar With Progressive Nominations". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
14. "Awards / History / 1986". www.dga.org. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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17. Fries, Laura (November 6, 2002). "The Outsider". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
18. Schickel, Richard (January 10, 1994). "Codgers, Shticky and Sticky". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
19. Rainer, Peter (December 17, 1993). "MOVIE REVIEW : Actors Over the Top in 'Hemingway'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
20. August 02, Melina Gerosa Updated; EDT, 1991 at 04:00 AM. "The Return of Randa Haines". EW.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
21. "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Doctor': Right Medicine : Duet: Director Randa Haines and star William Hurt create a decent and sensitive film that redeems a predictable plot". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1991. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
22. Maslin, Janet (July 24, 1991). "Review/Film; William Hurt as Doctor Whose Spirit Heals When He Falls Ill". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
23. Thomas, Kevin (October 3, 1986). "MOVIE REVIEWS : FROM NEW ORLEANS TO THE COAST OF MAINE : 'CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
24. Schickel, Richard (June 21, 2005). "Miracle Worker: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
25. "'Children of a Lesser God'". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
26. Variety Staff (January 1, 1986). "Children of a Lesser God". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
27. Canby, Vincent (October 3, 1986). "SCREEN: AN ADAPTION, 'CHILDREN OF LESSER GOD'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
28. Darnton, Nina (September 26, 1986). "AT THE MOVIES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
29. DiOrio,AP, Carl; DiOrio, Carl; AP (January 11, 2007). "DGA noms to 5 cable film directors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
30. McNary, Dave (January 10, 2007). "DGA nominates TV movies". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
31. "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. March 6, 1989. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
32. Twitter; Instagram; Email; Facebook (February 14, 2019). "Oscar favorite Glenn Close talks acting, Lady Gaga and her first zombie movie". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
33. . October 15, 2013. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
34. Davis, Clayton (January 27, 2022). "DGA Nominations: Jane Campion, Kenneth Branagh and Denis Villeneuve Lead the Directors Field". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

External links

• Randa Haines at IMDb