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Jan Huttner ’s 2006 Oscar Nomination Wish List
of Films Directed or Written by Women

Jan Huttner is a Chicago film critic and the Managing Editor of
FILMS FOR TWO: The Online Guide for Busy Couples at www.Films42.com
She is a founding member of a terrific organization called WITASWAN -
Women in the Audiences Supporting Women Artists Now!
You can read more about WITASWAN at: www.Films42.com/witaswan.asp

This Oscar Wish List is posted on Jan's site at:
www.films42.com/witaswan/billboard-05.asp#wishlist

The key to her Oscar category abbreviations is at the bottom of this page.

 

Film Director (s) Screenwriter (s) Oscar Categories
BALLAD OF JACK & ROSE Rebecca Miller Rebecca Miller BOS: Rebecca Miller
BSA:Camilla Belle
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY Hans Petter Moland Sabina Murray BAS: Sabina Murray
BRIDE & PREJUDICE Gurinder Chadha Gurinder Chadha
Paul Mayeda Berges
BAS: Chadha & Berges
BROTHERS Suzanne Bier Anders Thomas Jensen BFLF: BROTHERS
BA: Ulrich Thomsen
HEIGHTS Christopher Terrio Amy Fox BSA: Glenn Close
LOOK BOTH WAYS Sarah Watt Sarah Watt BOS: Sarah Watt
LORDS OF DOGTOWN Catherine Hardwicke Stacy Peralta BSA: Heath Ledger
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW Miranda July Miranda July BA: John Hawkes
NORTH COUNTRY Niki Caro Michael Seitzman BF: NORTH COUNTRY
BD: Niki Caro
BA: Charlize Theron
BSA: Richard Jenkins
BSA: Frances McDormand
BSA: Sean Bean
ON THE OUTS Lori Silverbush
Michael Skolnik
Lori Silverbush BOS: Lori Silverbush
BA: Judy Marte
BSA: Paola Mendoza
PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO Jane Anderson Jane Anderson BAS: Jane Anderson
BA: Julianne Moore
THE PRODUCERS Susan Stroman Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan BA: Nathan Lane
BSA: Gary Beach
SAVING FACE Alice Wu Alice Wu BSA: Joan Chen
YES Sally Potter Sally Potter BOS: Sally Potter
BSA: Joan Allen

 

Oscar Category Key:
BF: Best Film of 2005 BA: Best Actor/Best Actress
BD: Best Director of 2005 BSA: Best Supporting Actor/Actress
BAS: Best Adapted Screenplay BDF: Best Documentary Film
BOS: Best Original Screenplay BFLF: Best Foreign Language Film

For important background information, read “Works of 11 Female Artists Are Oscar Nominees,” in Women’s eNews (named “best news article written for the web in 2004” by the National Woman’s Press Association).  Click here for more details on exactly who was nominated in 2004.
 

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