Linda Yellen (born July 13, 1949 in New York City) is an American director, producer and writer of film and television.As a producer some of her credits include Playing for Time (1980), The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) and Second Serve (1986).Some of her credits as a director include Northern Lights (1997), The Simian Line (2001), William & Catherine: A Royal Romance (2011) and The Last Film Festival (2011) which stars Dennis Hopper in his final acting role. "BLUSH" (2014) The untold story of a love triangle between Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Mercedes De Acosta She is the producer/writer of "Skinny and Cat" (2014) Linda's projects have received 2 Peabodys, 7 Emmys, including a Primetime Emmy Award as a producer for Playing for Time in 1981, 1 Silver Nymph and 2 Christophers. She is an alumnus of Barnard College and Columbia University.
Selected to represent Barnard as a teen model for Glamour Magazine, as did her friend JoBeth Williams, who later starred in Linda's film "Chantilly Lace".
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She was the subject of an IBM documentary, which depicted her improvosational filmmaking style
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Fresh out of college, her first job in the industry was for Cinema 5 LTD., which sent her to England to buy a film called "Secrets", starring Jacqueline Bisset, who was to later star in Linda's film "End of Summer".
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Made her first feature-length film "Come Out, Come Out" at age 19.
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Enrolled in Barnard College at age 16
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"Prospera"m a 10 minute short, was Linda's first film ever made. Created during her Sophomore year in college, the film was shown at the New York Film Festival alongside George Lucas' "THX 1138" and Martin Scorscese's "Italianamerican"
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Has written and produced 2 of Television's highest rated movies ever - "Playing for Time (1980)" and "Royal Romance of Charles and Diana, The (1982)
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Has the only 2 films backed by the Sundance Institute - The Simian Line (2001) and Chantilly Lace (1993)
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Co-writer of "Hollywood's Greatest Un-Filmed Script" - Skinny and Cat - based on the lives of Margret Bourke-White and Erskin Caldwell
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Linda's projects have received numerous awards, including 2 Peabodys, 7 Emmys, 1 Luminas, 1 Silver Nymph and 2 Christophers.
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Films has been selected to be shown at the Cannes, Monte Carlo, New York, Aspen, Banff, Palm Springs, Hamptons and Deauville Film Festivals
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Completed her MFA at Columbia School of the Arts, and her PhD at Columbia School of Arts & Sciences
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Graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University
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