Randa Haines
Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is an American film and television director and producer. Haines started her career as a script supervisor on several low-budget features in the 1970s, including Let's Scare Jessica to Death and The Groove Tube. She is best known 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, and which was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Randa Haines
- Name
- Randa Haines
- Birth Name
- Randa Jo Haines
- Born
- 20 February 1945
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California
- Occupation
- Film director Screenwriter
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is an American film and television director and producer. Haines started her career as a script supervisor on several low-budget features in the 1970s, including Let's Scare Jessica to Death and The Groove Tube. She is best known 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, and which was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Randa Haines (born 1945) is a director, film director and film producer, among other activities, of American nationality. The director was born in Los Angeles. Languages used include English.
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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. In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. Jason Blumenthal, who was also advisor of the Black/Haines group before he started working for Mandalay Entertainment. Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for the film Children of a Lesser God (1986) 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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• Name — Randa Haines • Birth Name — Randa Jo Haines • Born — 20 February 1945 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California • Occupation — Film director Screenwriter • Years Active — 1979 – present
Filmography
Filmography
Feature film • Children of a Lesser God (1986) • The Doctor (1991) • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) • Dance with Me (1998) (Also producer) Ref.: TV movies • The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980) • Something About Amelia (1984) • The Outsider (2002) • The Ron Clark Story (2006) Ref.:
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• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Notes • 1987 — Berlin International Film Festival — Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution — Children of a Lesser God • 1986 — Directors Guild of America Awards — Outstanding Directing • 1984 — Best Movies For Television And Mini-Series — Something About Amelia • Emmy Awards — Outstanding Directing In A Limited Series Or A Special
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- 2.Mills, Nancy. A DIRECTOR OF A HIGHER STANDARD. Los Angeles Times. 1986-08-04.
- 3.The Groove Tube. AFI Catalogue of Feature Films.
- 4.Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Academy Awards Search. awardsdatabase.oscars.org.
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- 6.Lakritz, Talia. 18 female directors who have been snubbed by the Oscars. Insider.
- 7.Mills, Nancy. WOMEN DIRECTORS-- VIVE LA DIFFERENCE?. Los Angeles Times. 1986-11-20.
- 8.Selma Director Snub Is Part of a Larger, Troubling Pattern with Female Directors. Vanity Fair. 2015-01-15.
- 9.Goldstein, Patrick. Good women hard to find?. Los Angeles Times. 2003-04-08.
- 10.Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners. berlinale.de.
- 11.Berlinale: 1989 Juries. berlinale.de.
- 12.24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002). MIFF.
- 13.Eller, Claudia. Burton’s off ‘Reilly’. Variety. 1993-05-04.
- 14.Archerd, Army. ‘Dunston Checks In’ to Bullock’s Wilshire. Variety. 1995-05-12.
- 15.Cox, Dan. Black and Blu inks at Sony. Variety. 1998-06-15.
- 16.Tapley, Kristopher. Directors Guild Sets the Bar With Progressive Nominations. Variety. 2018-01-11.
- 17.Awards / History / 1986. www.dga.org.
- 18.Fries, Laura. The Outsider. Variety. 2002-11-06.
- 19.Schickel, Richard. Codgers, Shticky and Sticky. Time. 1994-01-10. 0040-781X.
- 20.Rainer, Peter. MOVIE REVIEW : Actors Over the Top in 'Hemingway'. Los Angeles Times. 1993-12-17.
- 21.Gerosa, Melina. The Return of Randa Haines. EW.com. August 2025.
- 22.MOVIE REVIEW : 'Doctor': Right Medicine : Duet: Director Randa Haines and star William Hurt create a decent and sensitive film that redeems a predictable plot. Los Angeles Times. 1991-08-02.
- 23.Maslin, Janet. Review/Film; William Hurt as Doctor Whose Spirit Heals When He Falls Ill. The New York Times. 1991-07-24. 0362-4331.
- 24.Thomas, Kevin. MOVIE REVIEWS : FROM NEW ORLEANS TO THE COAST OF MAINE : 'CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD'. Los Angeles Times. 1986-10-03.
- 25.Schickel, Richard. Miracle Worker: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD. Time. 2005-06-21. 0040-781X.
- 26.'Children of a Lesser God'. www.washingtonpost.com.
- 27.Children of a Lesser God. Variety. 1986-01-01.
- 28.Canby, Vincent. SCREEN: AN ADAPTION, 'CHILDREN OF LESSER GOD'. The New York Times. 1986-10-03. 0362-4331.
- 29.Darnton, Nina. AT THE MOVIES. The New York Times. 1986-09-26. 0362-4331.
- 30.Diori, Carl. DGA noms to 5 cable film directors. The Hollywood Reporter. 2007-01-11.
- 31.McNary, Dave. DGA nominates TV movies. Variety. 2007-01-10.
- 32.BBC Programme Index. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. March 6, 1989.
- 33.Oscar favorite Glenn Close talks acting, Lady Gaga and her first zombie movie. Los Angeles Times. 2019-02-14.
- 34.Berlinale Archive Annual Archives 1987 Prize Winners. 2013-10-15.
- 35.Davis, Clayton. DGA Nominations: Jane Campion, Kenneth Branagh and Denis Villeneuve Lead the Directors Field. Variety. 2022-01-27.
- 36.Awards / History / 1984. www.dga.org.
- 37.Randa Haines. Television Academy.
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