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Linda Shayne

Linda Shayne

Director

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Biography

Linda Shayne graduated from UC Berkeley, worked in mental hospitals and has written articles about San Quentin Prison ex-offenders, before she became a writer and director in film and TV. Shayne has written movies for IMAGINE, SHOWTIME and DISNEY and directed for PARAMOUNT, NICKELODEON and WARNER BROS. Recently. Shayne wrote & directed a documentary about a Thai transwoman billionaire. American/Canadian, dual citizen, Linda Shayne created a dramedy TV series for QUINCY JONES and QDE, two animated TV series for WARNER BROS. and in 2022 Shayne created a dramedy TV series to film in Asia. Shayne is an award-winning writer director. Shayne won a Best Feature Screenplay award for her newest crime thriller at the FLORENCE FILM AWARDS in 2022, and she won Best Thriller award at HRIFF 2022, a Best Director award at the FREEDOM FESTIVAL in 2019 as well as a Top 10 Feature Screenplay Finalist at CINEQUEST 2020. Shayne developed a dramatic film for MUSE ENT. of Montreal and X-FILME of Germany and she wrote a romantic comedy for PATRIOT ENTERTAINMENT of Los Angeles. Shayne first directed a film starring Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Thora Birch and Shelley Winters. PURPLE PEOPLE EATER …

Directed

  1. Purple People Eater (1988) — Director
  2. Little Ghost (1997) — Director
  3. Flyin' Ryan (2003) — Director
  4. The Undercover Kid (1997) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Leprechaun 3 (1995) — Nurse
  2. Humanoids from the Deep (1980) — Sandy, Miss Salmon
  3. Hill Street Blues (1981) — Sherry Marie
  4. Graduation Day (1981) — Paula Brentwood
  5. No Man's Land (1987) — Peggy
  6. Screwballs (1983) — Bootsie Goodhead
  7. Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990) — Mrs. Steiner
  8. Not of This Earth (1988) — Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
  9. The Lost Empire (1984) — Cindy Blake
  10. Munchie (1992) — Band Member
  11. Out of Bounds (1986) — Chris Cage
  12. Big Bad Mama II (1987) — Bank Teller
  13. Purple People Eater (1988) — Nurse
  14. Munchie Strikes Back (1994) — Band Member
  15. Lovely But Deadly (1981) — Barb
  16. Daddy's Boys (1988) — Nanette
  17. My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985) — Girl on Train #1