Barbara Benedek
About
Read More
Birth Place
Yonkers, New York, USA
Biography
Read More
Former psychiatric researcher who began her entertainment career as a sitcom story editor. Benedek scripted her first feature, 1983's "The Big Chill," in collaboration with director Lawrence Kasdan. She has continued to concentrate on ensemble-oriented drama, notably with "Men Don't Leave" (1990), based on the French film, "La vie continue" (1982). Benedek co-wrote (with David Rayfiel) t...
Biography
Former psychiatric researcher who began her entertainment career as a sitcom story editor. Benedek scripted her first feature, 1983's "The Big Chill," in collaboration with director Lawrence Kasdan. She has continued to concentrate on ensemble-oriented drama, notably with "Men Don't Leave" (1990), based on the French film, "La vie continue" (1982). Benedek co-wrote (with David Rayfiel) the 1995 remake of "Sabrina."
Filmography
Writer (Feature Film)
Sabrina
(1995)
Screenplay
Men Don't Leave
(1990)
Screenwriter
Immediate Family
(1989)
Screenplay
The Big Chill
(1983)
Screenplay
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
The Affair
(1995)
Production
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Intolerable Cruelty
(2003)
Screenplay (Uncredited)
Intolerable Cruelty
(2003)
Other
Writer (Special)
The Line
(1987)
Writer
The Line
(1987)
From Story
Special Thanks (Special)
The Line
(1987)
Writer
The Line
(1987)
From Story
Life Events
1980
Worked for TV production company Witt-Thomas-Harris as story editor/writer on "I'm A Big Girl Now" and "Making a Living"
1983
Feature co-writing debut (with director Lawrence Kasdan), "The Big Chill"; got job after Kasdan read some of her earlier material, including "Dr. Goodbar"
1990
First feature as solo writer, "Immediate Family"
Videos
Movie Clip
Trailer
