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Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron
Ephron at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Born(1941-05-19)May 19, 1941
New York City, U.S.
DiedJune 26, 2012(2012-06-26) (aged 71)
New York City, U.S.
EducationWellesley College (BA)
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • producer
  • director
  • journalist
  • playwright
  • author
Years active1962–2012
Notable workSilkwood, When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Julie & Julia
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    (m. 1967; div. 1976)​
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    (m. 1976; div. 1980)​
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    (m. 1987)​
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Awards
  • BAFTA Award (1990)
  • Crystal Award (1994)
  • Ian McLellan Hunter Award (2003)
  • Golden Apple Award (2009)
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Nora Ephron (/ˈɛfrən/ EF-rən;[1] May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing romantic comedy films and received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award and three Writers Guild of America Awards.[2]

Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the last of which earned the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was ranked by the Writers Guild of America as the 40th greatest screenplay of all-time.[3][4][2] She made her directorial film debut with comedy-drama This Is My Life (1992) followed by the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Michael (1996), You've Got Mail (1998), Bewitched (2005), and the biographical film Julie & Julia (2009).

Ephron's first produced play, Imaginary Friends (2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002–03 New York theatre season.[5] She also co-authored the Drama Desk Award–winning theatrical production Love, Loss, and What I Wore.[6][7] In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for Lucky Guy.[8] She also wrote columns for Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and The New Yorker.

  1. ^ "Delia Ephron on the Closeness and Complexity of Sisterhood". Fresh Air. NPR. December 9, 2013. Event occurs at 1:18–1:44. Retrieved December 11, 2013. Interview.
  2. ^ a b "Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Archived from the original on August 13, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on August 13, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "101 Greatest Screenplays". Writers Guild of America West. Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  5. ^ The best plays of 2002–2003. Jenkins, Jeffrey Eric. (84th ed.). [New York]: Limelight Editions. 2004. ISBN 0879103035. OCLC 55139647.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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  7. ^ "Ragtime, The Scottsboro Boys, The Addams Family and Finian's Rainbow Top Nominations for 2010 Drama Desk Awards". In 2013, she received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for Lucky Guy, her last play.
  8. ^ Cadenas, Kerensa (May 2, 2013). "Nora Ephron, Cyndi Lauper Among Tony Award Nominees". IndieWire. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

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