Lynne Littman (born June 26, 1941) is an American film and television director and producer.
She is best known for directing Testament. She has won several awards including an Academy Award for documentary short film Number Our Days (1976).
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.
Early life and education
Littman was born June 26, 1941, in New York City. She attended Music & Art High School and Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962. She also studied at the Sorbonne from 1960 to 1961. She immediately went about trying to find money for the film. Eventually, a producer at PBS' American Playhouse gave her $500,000 for a 60-minute movie that would involve no studio interference. However, the budget had to be expanded to $750,000 when the screenwriter turned in a script for a 90-minute film that was well received by all involved. Littman stated how proud she was that the film was completed under budget, yet the editing process had taken five months longer than the standard television film. She has one child, Alexander Hackford, as well as a stepson, Rio Hackford. In 1985 she took a ten-year hiatus from film making to raise her child.
Archive
Littman's moving image collection is held at the Academy Film Archive. The archive preserved her film Number Our Days in 2007.
Filmography
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|1973
|In the Matter of Kenneth
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|1976
|Number Our Days
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|1980
|Once a Daughter
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|1983
|Testament
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|1996
|Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
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|1999
|Freak City
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|1999
|Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
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|2003
|Testament at 20
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Awards and nominations
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!Award
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|1977
|Academy Awards
|Best Documentary Short Film
|Number Our Days
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