Nora Ephron was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and blogger. She will likely be best remembered for her romantic comedies and was a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for three films: Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, and Sleepless in Seattle. She died in 2012 at the age of 71.
Plays
Silkwood, 1992
When Harry Met Sally, 1998
Imaginary Friends, 2003
Love, Loss and What I Wore, 2011 with Delia Ephron
Films
Silkwood (writer), 1983
Heartburn (writer, novel), 1986
When Harry Met Sally... (writer, associate producer), 1989
Cookie (writer, executive producer), 1989
My Blue Heaven (writer, executive producer), 1990
This Is My Life (director, writer), 1992
Sleepless in Seattle (director, writer), 1993
Mixed Nuts (director, writer), 1994
Michael (director, writer, producer), 1996
Strike! / The Hairy Bird / All I Wanna Do (executive producer), 1998
You've Got Mail (director, writer, producer), 1998
Hanging Up (writer, producer), 2000
Lucky Numbers (director, producer), 2000
Bewitched (director, writer, producer), 2005
Julie & Julia (director, writer, producer), 2009
Novels
Heartburn, 1983
Nonfiction
And Now Here's Johnny! (1968)
Wallflower At the Orgy (1970)
Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women (1975)
Scribble Scribble: Notes On the Media (1978)
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman (2006)
I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections (2010)
This biography was last updated on 06/27/2012.
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