Nora Ephron
As well as being an acclaimed writer of novels and essays, the prolific and hilarious Ephron created a small array of film classics as a screenwriter and director.
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Julia & Julia (2009)
Ephron was the writer and director of this adaption of Julie Powell's blog and book about cooking all the recipes in Julia Child's first cookbook.
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Julie & Julia (2009)
Ephron directs Meryl Streep as Julia Child.
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You've Got Mail (1998)
Ephron wrote and directed this comic tale of love and email between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (seen here on set).
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Michael (1996)
She wrote and directed this John Travolta movie about an angel living on Earth.
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Ephron wrote and directed this classic love story between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
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My Blue Heaven (1990)
For this comedy about a mobster in the Witness Protection Program, Ephron wrote the screenplay.
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When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Rob Reiner's classic romantic comedy with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan soars on the strength of Ephron's hilarious script.
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Heartburn (1986)
Doing double (or triple?) duty on this Jack Nicholson-Meryl Streep film, Ephron wrote a screenplay based on her own novel which was based on her own marriage.
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Silkwood (1983)
Ephron wrote the gripping, based-on-real life screenplay about a whistleblowing plutonium processing plant worker (played by Meryl Streep) who dies under mysterious circumstances.