About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1952-10-23
Place of birth:
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Website:
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Robin Swicord

Overview

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

Acting
2016 The Women Who Run Hollywood Actor Self 58
Average

Directing
2017 Wakefield Directing Director 60
Fair
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Directing Director 61
Fair

Writing
2026 Practical Magic 2 Writing Characters N/A
N/A
2017 Wakefield Writing Writer 60
Fair
2016 The Promise Writing Writer 63
Fair
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Writing Story 75
Good
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Writing Screenplay 74
Good
1998 Practical Magic Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1996 Matilda Writing Screenplay 70
Good
1995 The Perez Family Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1994 Little Women Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1989 Shag Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1987 You Ruined My Life Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1980 Cuba Crossing Writing Writer 58
Average

Production
2019 Little Women Production Producer 77
Good
2019 When They See Us Production Co-Executive Producer 81
Very good
1998 Practical Magic Production Co-Producer 65
Fair
1996 Matilda Production Co-Producer 70
Good
1994 Little Women Production Co-Producer 68
Fair