Robin Swicord
Writing
- Born
- October 23, 1952 (age 73) · Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Robin Stender Swicord (born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright best known for literary adaptations. Her notable screenplays include Little Women (1994), Matilda (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), 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 an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Directors member.
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Known for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
December 25, 2008
Little Women
December 25, 2019
Matilda
August 2, 1996
Memoirs of a Geisha
December 6, 2005
Practical Magic
October 16, 1998
Little Women
December 21, 1994
The Promise
December 2, 2016
Wakefield
May 19, 2017
The Jane Austen Book Club
September 9, 2007
Shag
April 14, 1989
The Perez Family
May 12, 1995
Cuba Crossing
February 23, 1980
Behind the camera13
- 2019Little Women Producer
- 2017Wakefield Writer, Director
- 2016The Promise Writer
- 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenstory
- 2007The Jane Austen Book Club Director, Screenplay
- 2005Memoirs of a Geisha Screenplay
- 1998Practical Magic Screenplay, Co-Producer
- 1996Matilda Screenplay, Co-Producer
- 1995The Perez Family Screenplay
- 1994Little Women