anda Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer.[1][2] 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.[3] She is best known 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, and which was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including an Academy Award for Best Picture.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.[10] In 1989 she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[11] In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[12]
Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for the film Children of a Lesser God (1986)[13][14] and was nominated both for the DGA Award and an Emmy Award in 1984 for the television movie Something About Amelia.[15][16]
Selected filmography
Films
Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Outsider Director [17]
1998 Dance with Me
1993 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Director [18][19]
1991 The Doctor Director [20][21][22]
1986 Children of a Lesser God Director [23][24][25][26][27][28]
TV
Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Ron Clark Story Director [29][30]
1984 Something About Amelia Director [31][32]
Hill Street Blues
Knots Landing
1980 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Notes
1987 Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear for an
outstanding artistic contribution
Children of a Lesser God Won [33]
1986 Directors Guild
of America Awards
Award for Outstanding
Directing – Feature Film
Nominated [34][14]
1984 Directors Guild
of America Awards
Best Movies For
Television And Mini-Series
Something About Amelia Nominated [16]
Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing In
A Limited Series Or A Special
Nominated [15]