{{short description|Screenwriter and director of film and TV}} {{Infobox person |name = Linda Shayne |birth_date = |birth_place = United States |alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts |occupation = Film director, screenwriter, actress, producer }}
'''Linda Shayne''' is an American-Canadian film and television writer and director, and former actress.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/111064/Linda-M-Shayne/filmography | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131220212219/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/111064/Linda-M-Shayne/filmography | archive-date = 2013-12-20 | department = Movies & TV Dept. | work = The New York Times | date = 2013 | title = Linda M. Shayne filmography }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last = Shayne |first = Linda |title = Linda Shayne |url = https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/find-a-director/director/lindashayne/ |access-date = 2024-06-24 |publisher = Alliance of Women Directors}}</ref>
==Early life== Shayne was born in the United States. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and her published work includes a journal article about ex-offenders from San Quentin Prison. She also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Director |url=https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/find-a-director/director/lindashayne/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Alliance of Women Directors |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career== Shayne's feature film credits include ''Purple People Eater'' (writer, director, and producer),<ref name=deseretnews1>{{cite news|last=Scott|first=Vernon|title=Almost Single-Handedly Linda Shayne Produced 'Purple People Eater'|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/29951/ALMOST-SINGLE-HANDEDLY-LINDA-SHAYNE-PRODUCED-PURPLE-PEOPLE-EATER.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213183254/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/29951/ALMOST-SINGLE-HANDEDLY-LINDA-SHAYNE-PRODUCED-PURPLE-PEOPLE-EATER.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2013|access-date=11 June 2013|newspaper=Deseret News|date=6 Jan 1989}}</ref> ''Flyin' Ryan'' (writer, director, and producer), ''Crystal Heart'' (writer), ''Little Ghost'' (director), and ''The Undercover Kid'' (director).<ref>{{Cite web |title=How I Saved The President (DVD) |url=https://www.amazon.com/How-I-Saved-President-DVD/dp/B000G3KT4I |website=Amazon.com}}</ref> Shayne wrote and directed the short suspense thriller ''Mirror Image'' (director) in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mirror Image (Short Film) |url=https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/awd-members/director/lindashayne/ |website=Alliance of Women Directors |language=en-US}}</ref> Linda Shayne's TV credits include ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' (director), and ''Starla and the Jewel Riders'' (writer).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Director |url=https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/find-a-director/director/lindashayne/#:~:text=Linda%20Shayne%20created%20a%20comedy,directed%20episodic%20TV%20for%20Nickelodeon. |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Alliance of Women Directors |language=en-US}}</ref>
For her film, ''Mirror Image'', she won Best Directing at the Freedom Festival Intl. and Best Thriller at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Director |url=https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/find-a-director/director/lindashayne/#:~:text=Linda%20Shayne%20created%20a%20comedy,directed%20episodic%20TV%20for%20Nickelodeon. |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Alliance of Women Directors |language=en-US}}</ref>
Shayne's dramatic epic screenplay won Best Script at the New Renaissance Film Festival, the Florence Film Awards and Top 10 at Cinequest.
Shayne's other film credits include ''Out of Bounds'' (actress), ''No Man's Land'' (actress), ''Graduation Day'' (actress), ''Humanoids from the Deep'' (actress), ''Screwballs'' (writer and actress), and ''Lovely But Deadly'' (actress). Linda Shayne's TV credits include ''Archie Bunker's Place'' (actress), ''Hill Street Blues'' (actress), ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (actress), ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' (director), and ''Starla and the Jewel Riders'' (writer).<ref>{{Citation |title=Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders |date=2025-05-08 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Gwenevere_and_the_Jewel_Riders |access-date=2025-05-14 |language=en}}</ref>
Shayne was the writer and director of the documentary ''Being Anne: Conversation Of Transformation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Director |url=https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/find-a-director/director/lindashayne/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Alliance of Women Directors |language=en-US}}</ref>'' She won the Best Narrative Documentary award at the Angeles Documentaries Film Festival in 2024.
Shayne has also had film writing development deals with Walt Disney Studios, Showtime Networks, and Brian Grazer, and she has served on the judging panel for the British film festival ShropFilm48.<ref>[http://www.appletreetheatre.co.uk/filming/shrop48film ShropFilm48 - Shropshire's first 48-hour film challenge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817102039/http://www.appletreetheatre.co.uk/filming/shrop48film/ |date=2013-08-17 }}</ref> Linda Shayne created a TV series to film in Thailand and served as a Judge for the Content Asia Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 ContentAsia Awards Judges |url=https://www.contentasiaawards.com/judges/ |website=FilmFatales}}</ref>
Linda Shayne wrote the children's book, ''Longfellow Finds a Home''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longfellow Finds a Home (Children's Book) |url=https://www.amazon.com/Longfellow-Finds-Home-Childrens-Wiener/dp/0692839933 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}</ref> The book was illustrated by Emmy-Award winner Art Leonardo. The bilingual English/Japanese version will be released soon. Shayne co-wrote the English translation of Dord Kristin's non-fiction book ''Mileva and Albert Einstein: Their Love and Scientific Collaboration'', sold at the Einstein Museum House in Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=networkisa.org |title=Linda Shayne (Screenwriter, Director, screenwriter) |url=https://www.networkisa.org/profile/view/linda-shayne |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=www.networkisa.org |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0002893}} *[https://www.lindashayne.com/ Linda Shayne's website]
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