Robin Swicord

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor

October 23, 1952 (73 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Wakefield
    Wakefield2017
  • Cuba Crossing
    Cuba Crossing1980

Known For

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008
  • The Promise
    The Promise2016
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
    Memoirs of a Geisha2005
  • Practical Magic
    Practical Magic1998
  • Matilda
    Matilda1996
  • When They See Us
    When They See Us4 episodes
  • Little Women
    Little Women1994
  • The Jane Austen Book Club
    The Jane Austen Book Club2007
  • Wakefield
    Wakefield2017
  • Little Women
    Little Women2019
  • The Perez Family
    The Perez Family1995
  • Shag
    Shag1989
  • Cuba Crossing
    Cuba Crossing1980

Filmography

2016
WakefieldOn Plex
2016
2007
The Jane Austen Book Club · as Screenplay
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha · as Screenplay
1998
Practical Magic · as Screenplay
1996
Matilda · as Screenplay
1995
The Perez Family · as Screenplay
1994
Little Women · as Screenplay
1988
Shag · as Screenplay
1987
You Ruined My Life · as Screenplay
1980