Delia Ephron

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Jenny Wolkind
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biography
Writer-producer Delia Ephron spent the first part of her adult life denying herself of becoming what she felt she was always destined to do: write. Though her mother and father, Henry and Phoebe Ephron, were successful playwrights and screenwriters, and sister Nora later blazed her own path through Hollywood, writing “When Harry Met Sally” (1989) and “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), Ephron avoided the family trade. But at 31, she finally caved to pressure—mainly from Nora—when she wrote a series of essays for the New York Times Book Review. Eventually she segued into screenwriting and worked Continued
Credits
Screenplay
2005
Executive Producer
2000
Novel as Source Material
2000
screenplay
2000
Executive Producer
1998
screenplay
1998
Executive Producer
1996
screenplay
1996
Associate Producer
1993
Screenplay
1992
screenplay
screenplay
Executive Producer
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Began writing at 31, including essays and articles for the New York Times Book Review, New York Magazine, Redbook, Vogue and other publications
 
Wrote the best-selling "How to Eat Like a Child" and "Teenage Romance," a collection of essays; "How to Eat Like a Child" was adapted into a TV movie (1980)
 
Wrote two children's books "The Girl Who Changed the World and My Life" and "Nobody Elses"
1992 
First screenplay and collaboration with sister Nora on "This is My Life," which was Nora's directorial debut
1993 
Served as associate producer for "Sleepless in Seattle," written and directed by Nora Ephron
Continued