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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-02-20 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, United States

Randa Haines

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Randa Haines (born February 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a film and television director and producer. She is perhaps most famous 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. Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989, she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for that film and was nominated both for the DGA Award and an Emmy Award in 1984 for the television movie Something About Amelia.

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Known For

Directing

2006

2002

The Outsider as Director

1998

Dance with Me as Director

1991

The Doctor as Director

1989

1986

1984

1983

For Love and Honor as Director

1982

Tucker's Witch as Director

1981

Hill Street Blues as Director

1979

Knots Landing as Director

1977

The Displaced Person as Script Supervisor

1972

The Stoolie as Script Supervisor

1970

Joe as Script Supervisor

Production

2002

Antwone Fisher as Producer
The Outsider as Executive Producer

1998

Dance with Me as Producer

1996

A Family Thing as Producer