Robin Swicord

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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Swicord licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia