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Anna Thomas
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| Born: | July 12, 1948 (age 58). Stuttgart,  Germany. |
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| Occupation: | Screenwriter, Film Producer, and Writer. |
| Spouse: | Gregory Nava, 1975-today. |
| Children: | Christopher and Tedy. |
| Website: | Anna Thomas |
Anna Thomas (born July 12, 1948 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a film screenwriter, film producer, and writer.[1]
She was born to a Polish family, and came to the United States as an infant. She grew up in Michigan and California.
Thomas met her future husband Gregory Nava while working on her master's degree at UCLA. They married in 1975 and have collaborated on many projects.
They have two sons: Christopher (born 1984) and Tedy (born 1985).
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Thomas attended film school at UCLA where she earned a MFA in 1977.
In 1977 Thomas wrote, produced, and directed her master's thesis film, a dramatic feature titled The Haunting of M, a turn of the century ghost story, shot in Scotland. It was well received by film critics and shown at festivals and art houses.[2]
While at college, she wrote her first cookbook, The Vegetarian Epicure (Knopf, 1972). The book became a success and is acknowledged as the book that brought pleasure to vegetarian cooking.[3]
A few years later she wrote her second book, The Vegetarian Epicure, Book Two; it was published by Knopf in 1978. Both books have been translated into several languages, sold in the millions in their various editions, and have remained in print.
In 1973, Thomas worked with fellow film student Gregory Nava on his master's thesis film, a dramatic feature set in the middle ages, The Confessions of Amans. It was the beginning of a writing collaboration that has spanned more than two decades.
In 1984, Thomas co-wrote and produced El Norte, with Nava directing. The film became a critical success. Thomas and Nava were nominated for an Academy Award and the film collected honors at various film festivals. In 1995 it was elected to the National Film Registry for the Library of Congress.
Thomas produced A Time of Destiny for Columbia Pictures in 1988 and worked for the studio on a few writing jobs.
She returned to the independent film world in 1995 with My Family, a multi-generational Mexican-American family story set in East Los Angeles which Thomas co-wrote and produced.
In 1996, Thomas wrote The New Vegetarian Epicure, a menu-based cookbook with a new collection of recipes.
Today, Thomas lives in Ojai, California where she continues to write screenplays and other fiction.
Anna Thomas also teaches at the American Film Institute as a senior lecturer.[4]
- The Vegetarian Epicure. Alfred A. Knopf, 1972, 305 pages. ISBN 0394717848.
- The Vegetarian Epicure, Book Two. Alfred A. Knopf, 1978, 401 pages. ISBN 0394734157.
- The New Vegetarian Epicure. Alfred A. Knopf, 1996, 450 pages. ISBN 0679765883.
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- The Confessions of Amans (1977).
- The Haunting of M (1981), also produced.
- The End of August (1982).
- El Norte (1983), also produced.
- A Time of Destiny (1988), also produced.
- My Family/Mi Familia (1995), also produced.
- Frida (2002).
- Academy Awards: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for El Norte (1983).
- Writers Guild of America: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for El Norte (1983).
- ^ Anna Thomas at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Ebert, Roger. Chicago Sun-Times, film article, December 15, 1983.
- ^ Delicious India. "Vegetarianism Is Here To Stay," interview with Anna Thomas.
- ^ AFI faculty biographical information page.
- Roger Ebert interview with Thomas.