Film director, screenwriter, author and journalist Nora Ephron has been called “a smart, funny lady who makes smart, funny movies.”
Named one of “The 25 Most Powerful Women in America” by Biography magazine, Ephron began as a reporter and essayist. Her collected essays were published in the bestseller, Crazy Salad. In 1983 Ephron wrote the bestselling novel Heartburn. (She also wrote the 1986 movie adaptation.) Ephron’s latest book is the #1 New York Times bestseller, I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman.
In 1983 Ephron earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing Silkwood. In 1989 she received another Oscar nomination for her screenplay, When Harry Met Sally, and made her directorial debut with This is My Life. She followed that with Sleepless in Seattle, starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, which grossed over $200 million worldwide. In 1998 she reunited Ryan and Hanks in the comedy, You’ve Got Mail.
In 2007 she joined The New York Times as a guest columnist. Her next project is writing and directing an adaptation of the book, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.
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