Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945 in Los Angeles) is a 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
perhaps most famous 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. 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.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.
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
perhaps most famous 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. 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.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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