Nancy Dowd (born 1945) is an Academy Award-winning

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

most famous for her films ''

Slap Shot ''Slap Shot'' is a 1977 American sports film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declin ...

'' and '' Coming Home''.

Career

Dowd is a graduate of the UCLA Film School. Her brother Ned Dowd inspired the story behind ''Slap Shot'' based on his experiences playing minor league hockey. Ned and his wife, Nancy N. Dowd, both appeared in the film. She wrote lyrics for a song used in ''

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains ''Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains'' is a 1982 Teen film, teen Musical film, musical Drama film, drama film about three teenage girls, played by Diane Lane, Laura Dern and Marin Kanter, who start a punk rock, punk band. The film also fea ...

'', another film she wrote. Dowd often uses

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s such as Rob Morton or Ernest Morton, or simply writes films without being officially credited.

Filmography

*''

F.T.A. ''F.T.A.'' is a 1972 American documentary film starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland and directed by Francine Parker, which follows a 1971 anti-Vietnam War road show for GI's, the ''FTA Show'', as it stops in Hawaii, The Philippines, Ok ...

'' (1972) (Documentary) *''

'' (1977) *'' Coming Home'' (with

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and

Robert C. Jones Robert Clifford Jones (March 30, 1936 – February 1, 2021) was an American film editor, screenwriter, and educator. He received an Academy Award for the screenplay of the film '' Coming Home'' (1978). As an editor, Jones had notable collabor ...

) (1978) *''

Straight Time ''Straight Time'' is a 1978 American crime drama neo-noir film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Kathy Bates. Its plot follows a lifelong thief in Los Angele ...

'' (1978) (uncredited) *''

North Dallas Forty ''North Dallas Forty'' is a 1979 American sports film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin set in the decadent world of American professional football in the late 1970s. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best-selling ...

'' (1979) (uncredited) *''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves a ...

'' (1980-1981) (TV) *''

Ordinary People ''Ordinary People'' is a 1980 American drama film directed by Robert Redford in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Judith Guest. The film follows the disintegration of an upper ...

'' (1980) (uncredited) *''

'' (1982) (as "Rob Morton") *''Love'' (1982) (segment "For Life") *'' Cloak & Dagger'' (1984) (uncredited) *'' Swing Shift'' (1984) (as "Rob Morton") *''

White Nights White night, White Night, or White Nights may refer to: * White night (astronomy), a night in which it never gets completely dark, at high latitudes outside the Arctic and Antarctic Circles * White Night festivals, all-night arts festivals held in ...

'' (1985) (uncredited) *''

Let It Ride Let or LET may refer to: Sports * Let serve, when the served object in certain racket sports hits the net and lands in the correct service court, such as; ** Let (badminton) ** Let (pickleball) ** Let (tennis) * Ladies European Tour, the ladie ...

'' (1989) (as "Ernest Morton")

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dowd, Nancy 1945 births Living people Screenwriters from Massachusetts Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners People from Framingham, Massachusetts American women screenwriters 21st-century American women UCLA Film School alumni