- Linda Shayne is an award winning writer and director. Shayne graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with highest honors and her published work includes a journal article about ex-offenders from San Quentin Prison. Shayne has written films for Imagine Entertainment, Showtime, and Disney. Shayne has directed a film in Eastern Europe for Paramount & directed episodic television episodes for Nickelodeon and Tommy Lynch Entertainment. Shayne created a scripted TV series for Quincy Jones' QDE, and also created and developed two animated TV series for Warner Bros. Shayne is American/Canadian (a dual citizen).
Shayne's wrote and directed a suspense, thriller, "Mirror Image", which won her a directing award at the Freedom Festival International 2019. The film is now a Film Festival Finalist at the Lisbon Film Rendezvous and the Big Apple Film Festival and was a winner at the Florence Film Festival. Shayne has developed dramatic movies for Muse Entertainment of Montreal and X-Filme of Germany and a romantic comedy for Patriot Entertainment of Los Angeles.
Shayne first directed second unit for Roger Corman's company and then went on to direct a feature film starring Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Shelley Winters, Little Richard and Thora Birch. Shayne directed the family film, "Undercover Kid", with Melora Hardin, released on Warner Bros. and aired on HBO Family. She directed "Little Ghost" in Romania for Paramount and "Flyin' Ryan" was shot in northern California. Shayne's first feature film, "Purple People Eater", garnered actress Thora Birch a Youth in Film Award. Shayne is developing an edgy comedy/drama TV pilot set in a federal prison, a romantic comedy feature and an espionage thriller.
Shayne recently wrote a children's book that Emmy Award winning animator, Art Leonardi, illustrated. Shayne also wrote the English translation of Dord Krstic's non-fiction book: "Mileva and Albert Einstein: Their Love and Scientific Collaboration", sold at the Einstein Museum House in Switzerland. Shayne is developing an epic drama to shoot in Eastern Europe next year.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Terry Megan - Linda Shayne is an award winning writer and director. Shayne graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with highest honors and her published work includes a journal article about ex-offenders from San Quentin Prison. Shayne is currently on location in Thailand, researching and creating a comedy half hour TV Series. Shayne has written films for Imagine Entertainment, Showtime, and Disney. Shayne has directed a film in Europe for Paramount & directed episodic television episodes for Nickelodeon and Tommy Lynch Entertainment. Shayne created a scripted TV series for Quincy Jones' QDE, and also created and developed two animated TV series for Warner Bros. Shayne is American/Canadian (a dual citizen).
Shayne's wrote and directed a suspense, thriller, "Mirror Image", which won her a directing award at the Freedom Festival International 2019. The film is now a Film Festival Finalist at the Lisbon Film Rendezvous and the Big Apple Film Festival and was a winner at the Florence Film Festival. Shayne has developed dramatic movies for Muse Entertainment of Montreal and X-Filme of Germany and a romantic comedy for Patriot Entertainment of Los Angeles.
Shayne first directed second unit for Roger Corman's company and then went on to direct a feature film starring Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Shelley Winters, Little Richard and Thora Birch. Shayne directed the family film, "Undercover Kid", with Melora Hardin, released on Warner Bros. and aired on HBO Family. She directed "Little Ghost" in Romania for Paramount and "Flyin' Ryan" was shot in northern California. Shayne's first feature film, "Purple People Eater", garnered actress Thora Birch a Youth in Film Award. Shayne is developing an edgy comedy/drama TV pilot set in a federal prison, a romantic comedy feature and an espionage thriller.
Shayne recently wrote a children's book that Emmy Award winning animator, Art Leonardi, illustrated. Shayne also wrote the English translation of Dord Krstic's non-fiction book: "Mileva and Albert Einstein: Their Love and Scientific Collaboration", sold at the Einstein Museum House in Switzerland. Shayne is developing an epic drama to shoot in Eastern Europe next year.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Terry Megan - Linda Shayne graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, worked in mental hospitals and wrote articles about ex-offenders from San Quentin Prison, before becoming an award-winning film and television writer and director. Shayne is an American-Canadian dual citizen. Shayne has written films for Imagine, Disney and Showtime. Shayne has directed a film in Europe for Paramount & directed episodic TV for Nickelodeon. Shayne created a scripted TV series for Quincy Jones' QDE, and also developed two animated TV series for Warner Bros.. and recently created a comedy TV series to film in Thailand.
Shayne wrote and directed a suspense thriller, "Mirror Image, which won her a Directing Award at the Freedom Festival International and a Best Thriller Award at the Hollywood Reel Indep Film Festival. Shayne's dramatic feature script, "In Love With EInstein", won Best Screenplay at the London Renaissance Film Festival 2020 and Best Script at the Florence Film Awards and was a Top 10 Feature Screenplay at Cinequest 2020.
Shayne has developed movies for Muse Entertainment of Montreal, and for Patriot Entertainment of Los Angeles. Shayne directed the family film, "Undercover Kid", with Melora Hardin, released on Warner Bros. video and aired on HBO Family. She directed "Little Ghost" in Romania for Paramount.
Shayne wrote and directed a feature film starring Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Shelley Winters, Little Richard and Thora Birch. This kids' movie, "Purple People Eater", garnered actress Thora Birch a prestigious Youth in Film Award.
Linda Shayne served as a Judge for the Content Asia Awards 2022 & for the Big Apple Film Festival 2022 in New York City.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Terry Megan - Linda Shayne is an award-winning writer and director who graduated from UC Berkeley, worked in mental hospitals and wrote articles about San Quentin State Prison ex-offenders, before she began working in film and television. Shayne created a scripted TV series for Quincy Jones QDE, two animated TV series for Warner Bros. and has written movies for Showtime, Disney, Imagine and directed for Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., MPCA and Paramount. In 2022, Shayne created a dramedy tv series to film in Thailand and she wrote & directed a documentary about a Thai trans-woman billionaire.
Shayne's wrote and directed a suspense, thriller, "Mirror Image", which won her a directing award at the Freedom Festival International 2019. The film is now a Film Festival Finalist at the Lisbon Film Rendezvous and the Big Apple Film Festival and was a winner at the Florence Film Festival. Shayne has developed dramatic movies for Muse Entertainment of Montreal and X-Filme of Germany and a romantic comedy for Patriot Entertainment of Los Angeles.
Shayne wrote and directed a feature film starring Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Shelley Winters, Little Richard and Thora Birch. Shayne directed the family film, "Undercover Kid", with Melora Hardin, released on Warner Bros. and aired on HBO Family. She directed "Little Ghost" in Romania for Paramount and "Flyin' Ryan" was shot in northern California. Shayne's first feature film, "Purple People Eater", garnered actress Thora Birch a Youth in Film Award. Shayne is developing an edgy comedy/drama TV pilot set in a federal prison, a romantic comedy feature and an espionage thriller.
Shayne recently wrote a children's book that Emmy Award winning animator, Art Leonardi, illustrated. Shayne also wrote the English translation of Dord Krstic's non-fiction book: "Mileva and Albert Einstein: Their Love and Scientific Collaboration", sold at the Einstein Museum House in Switzerland. Shayne is developing an epic drama to shoot in Europe next year. Shayne served as a Judge for the Content Asia Awards in 2021 and 2022.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Terry Megan
- Conducted research in halfway houses and mental hospitals prior to embarking on her film career.
- Linda Shayne sang on the soundtrack of Disney's movie, "Mighty Joe Young", starring Charlize Theron, music composed by James Horner.
- At the Freedom Festival International film festival, Linda Shayne won a directing award for "Mirror Image".
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