Patricia Resnick is an American screenwriter and producer, known for her work on films like '' 9 to 5'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She has also worked as a consulting producer or co-producer on TV series like ''

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'' and '' Better Things''.

Biography

She met

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while studying at the

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and started her career working with him on the film ''

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''. She collaborated several times with Altman, beginning with developing ''3 Women''. She later appeared as herself in one of his films, '' The Player''. One of her biggest successes came in ''9 to 5'': Resnick wrote the first draft drama, and Jane Fonda cast herself, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton in the leads, the last in her first film role. Resnick served as a writer on a number of television series, and as a supervising producer on the final season of ''

''. She got a Tony nomination for the musical of ''9 to 5'', written with

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ran on Broadway in 2009 and was recently a huge hit on the West End in London. She is currently working on a sequel to '' 9 to 5'' alongside

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Selected filmography (as writer)

Film

* ''

'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

'' (1985) * '' 9 to 5'' (1980) * ''

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'' (1979) * '' A Wedding'' (1978) * ''

'' (1977) (uncredited)

TV

* '' Better Things'' (2020) (series) (1 episode) * ''

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'' (2019) (series) (1 episode) * '' The Arrangement'' (2017) (series) (2 episodes) * ''

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'' (2016) (series) (3 episodes) * ''Perfect Match'' (2015) (TV movie) * '' Midnight Masquerade'' (2015) (TV movie) * ''

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'' (2009) (series) (15 episodes) * '' The Battle of Mary Kay'' (2002) (TV movie) * ''Jenifer'' (2001) (TV movie) * ''

Sex, Lies & Obsession ''Sex, Lies & Obsession'' is a 2001 American made-for-television drama film directed by Douglas Barr and starring Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna as a couple whose marriage is at stake due to sexual addiction. Plot Joanna Thomas, a high scho ...

'' (2001) (TV movie) * '' The Expendables'' (2000) (TV movie) * ''

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'' (1999) (TV movie) * ''

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'' (1983) (series) (1 episode) * '' Cher… and Other Fantasies'' (1979) (TV movie) * ''Visions'' (1979) (series) (1 episode) * ''Cher…'' (1978) (TV special)

References

External links

* American screenwriters Screenwriters from Florida American women screenwriters American television writers 1953 births Living people 21st-century American women {{US-screenwriter-stub