If These Walls Could Tal, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Normal, Packed in a Trunk: The Lost, It Could Happen to You
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Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress-turned-award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. She has written and directed one feature film, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) and wrote the script for the Nicolas Cage film It Could Happen to You (1994). She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014).
She became a writer for the AMC television drama Mad Men for the show's second season. She was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series for her work on the second season.
In 2015, Anderson wrote the documentary Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson about her great aunt, Edith Lake Wilkinson, a lesbian and painter who was institutionalized in the 1920s and spent the rest of her life in an asylum for the mentally ill. Anderson cites Wilkinson as an inspiration for own drawing.
As of 2016, Anderson was working on a project with HBO, partnering again with Frances McDormand, to do a miniseries.
Women in Film Lucy Award (2000) in recognition of excellence and innovation in a writing a creative work (If These Walls Could Talk 2) that has enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television
Directors Guild of America Award nomination for directing Normal (2003)
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series for her work on the second season of Mad Men (2008)
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (2008) for Outstanding World Premiere Play for writing The Quality of Life
Two Ovation Awards (2008) for writing The Quality of Life
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Long Form Adapted Series for writing Olive Kitteridge (2015)
Emmy Award for writing Olive Kitteridge (2015)
Filmography
Writer
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Women in the Castle (pre-production)
2017
The Wife (screenplay by)
2015
Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson (Documentary) (co-writer)
2014
Olive Kitteridge (TV Mini Series) (teleplay by - 4 episodes)
- Security (2014) - (teleplay by)
- A Different Road (2014) - (teleplay by)
- Incoming Tide (2014) - (teleplay by)
- Pharmacy (2014) - (teleplay by)
2008
Mad Men (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- The Gold Violin (2008) - (written by)
2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (screenplay)
2003
Normal (TV Movie) (play "Looking for Normal") / (teleplay)
2001
When Billie Beat Bobby (TV Movie) (written by)
2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (TV Movie) (written by - segment "1961")
1998
The Baby Dance (TV Movie) (play) / (teleplay)
1995
How to Make an American Quilt (screenplay)
1994
It Could Happen to You (written by)
1993
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (TV Movie) (written by)
1991
The Hidden Room (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- A Type of Love Story (1991) - (written by)
- Dream Child (1991) - (written by)
1989
The Wonder Years (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation (1989) - (written by)
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Raising Miranda (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode, 1988) (creator - 1 episode, 1988)
- Home for the Holidays (1988) - (written by)
- Black Monday (1988) - (creator)
1986
The Facts of Life (TV Series) (written by - 3 episodes)
- Write and Wrong (1986) - (written by)
- Ready or Not (1986) - (written by)
- The Apartment (1986) - (written by)
Producer
2017
The Wife (executive producer)
2015
Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson (Documentary) (executive producer)
2014
Olive Kitteridge (TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
- Security (2014) - (executive producer)
- A Different Road (2014) - (executive producer)
- Incoming Tide (2014) - (executive producer)
- Pharmacy (2014) - (executive producer)
2008
Mad Men (TV Series) (consulting producer - 2 episodes)
- A Night to Remember (2008) - (consulting producer)
- The Gold Violin (2008) - (consulting producer)
1988
Raising Miranda (TV Series) (executive producer - 9 episodes)
