Robin Swicord
Born: 1952-10-23 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Known For: Writing
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Swicord, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Practical Magic 2 ... (Characters)
2019
- Little Women ... (Producer)
- When They See Us ... (Co-Executive Producer)
2017
- Wakefield ... (Writer)
2016
- The Promise ... (Writer)
- The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self
2008
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ... (Story)
2007
- The Jane Austen Book Club ... (Director)
2005
- Memoirs of a Geisha ... (Screenplay)
1998
- Practical Magic ... (Screenplay)
1996
- Matilda ... (Screenplay)
1995
- The Perez Family ... (Screenplay)
1994
- Little Women ... (Screenplay)
1989
- Shag ... (Screenplay)
1987
- You Ruined My Life ... (Screenplay)
1980
- Cuba Crossing ... (Writer)