Dear Diary (1996 film)

Dear Diary
Directed byDavid Frankel
Written byDavid Frankel
Produced byDavid Frankel
Barry Jossen
StarringBebe Neuwirth
Bruce Altman
CinematographyMaryse Alberti
Edited byMichael Berenbaum
Production
company
Distributed byAmerican Broadcasting Company
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dear Diary is a TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen. After being rejected by ABC, it was slightly edited and put into a single Los Angeles theater for a weekend in November 1996, and went on to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film[1] at the 69th Academy Awards.[2] It was the only made-for-TV pilot ever to win an Oscar.

Plot

The film revolves around a New York magazine art director, married and the mother of two, who, having just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal.[3]

Cast

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Production

TBA

Reception

TBA

References

  1. ^ Welkos, Robert W. (March 22, 1997). "Dear Diary: How It Got an Oscar Nod". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "New York Times: Dear Diary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  3. ^ "DEAR DIARY". MUBI.
  4. ^ The New York Times Movies


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