Personalities (International)
Nora Ephron (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing romantic comedy films and received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award and three Writers Guild of America Awards.
Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn(1986), and When Harry Met Sally… (1989). She made her directorial film debut with comedy-drama–This Is My Life (1992) followed by the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Michael(1996), You’ve Got Mail (1998), Bewitched(2005), and the biographical film Julie & Julia(2009).
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it’s a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it’s a way of making contact with someone else’s imagination after a day that’s all too real.“
Nora Ephron
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