- Janet Dulin Jones
Janet Dulin Jones is an American
screenwriter ,playwright and producer.A graduate of
Long Beach State University , Jones has writtenscreenplays for various film studios inHollywood , includingParamount Studios ,Sony Pictures , Disney andTwentieth Century Fox . Screenplays include "Map of the World ", starringSigourney Weaver andJulianne Moore ; "The Ambassadors ", an adaptation of theHenry James novel ; and "Custom of the Country", adapted from the novel byEdith Wharton .Jones adapted "
What If God Were the Sun? ", a novel by televisionpsychic medium John Edward , forLifetime Television . The film starredGena Rowlands , who was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and theScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for her performance.Jones has also written "Looking at the Sky", based on the life of Ian Zlotlow. Another project, "Kicks", is an original screenplay for
Diane Keaton . Her original screenplay, "The Elizabeth Barrett Project", is being set up in London for production with directorAnthony Neilson . "The Collapsible World", an adaptation for producers Joan Boorstein and Sara Fischer, is a contemporary drama set in San Francisco.Jones' first play, "A Tale of
Charles Dickens ", is an adaptation by herself and director Paul Lazarus from her original screenplay. A special radio version of the work was created forNational Public Radio 's "The Play's The Thing" in March 2006. The play is being considered for production by artistic directorKevin Spacey atThe Old Vic theater in London [ [http://www.linkedin.com/in/janetdulinjoneswriter Janet Dulin Jones at LinkedIn.com] ] .Jones was a Nicholls Award finalist for screenwriting from the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . She is a member of theWriters Guild of America , serves on the board of the Young Filmmaker’s Academy, and is writer-in-residence for The Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles [ [http://www.antaeus.org/antaeus/roster2.htm The Antaeus Company roster] ] .References
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* [http://www.laist.com/2005/10/24/laist_interview_janet_dulin_jones_and_paul_lazarus.php "LAist Magazine" interview with Janet Dulin Jones and Paul Lazarus, October 23, 2005]
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