Lynne Littman

Lynne Littman
Born (1941-06-26) June 26, 1941 (age 83)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materSarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1962)
Sorbonne (1960-61)
Occupation(s)Film director, producer
Spouse
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(m. 1977; div. 1987)​
Children1
RelativesRio Hackford (stepson)

Lynne Littman (born June 26, 1941) is an American film and television director and producer.[1][2][3]

She is best known for directing Testament.[4] She has won several awards including an Academy Award for documentary short film Number Our Days (1976).[1][5]

Littman was one of the Original Six, a group of women directors who created the Women's Steering Committee of the Directors Guild of America to protest against gender discrimination in Hollywood.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Szymczak, Jerome (1999). St. James Woman Filmmakers Encyclopedia. Visible Ink. pp. 240–242. ISBN 1578590922.
  2. ^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0810863781.
  3. ^ King, Susan (1999-04-18). "The Director Talks". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  4. ^ Maslin, Janet (1983-11-04). "SCREEN: 'TESTAMENT,' AFTER A NUCLEAR BLAST". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  5. ^ "Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  6. ^ "Women's Steering Committee 35th Anniversary - A DGA Women's Steering Committee Event". www.dga.org. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  7. ^ Syme, Rachel (February 26, 2016). "The Original Six: The Story of Hollywood's Forgotten Feminist Crusaders". Pacific Standard. Retrieved February 26, 2016.