Nancy Savoca

Biography

Born 07/23/1959

The daughter of Sicilian and Argentine immigrants, writer-director Nancy Savoca graduated from the film school at New York University where she received the Haig P. Manoogian Award for overall excellence for her short films "Renata" and "Bad Timing". Her earliest professional experience came as an...
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Awards

  • In 1989, received Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award (Dramatic)
  • Received NYU Film Festival Haig P Manoogian Award for Overall Excellence in Filmmaking

Highlights

  • In 1999, Returned to features as co-writer and director of "The 24 Hour Woman"; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
  • In 1998, Feted as a "New York trailblazer" at the New York Women's Film Festival
  • In 1997, Directed the "1952" and "1974" segments of the HBO movie dealing with women's reproductive rights, "If These Walls Could Talk", which became the then-highest rated original movie in HBO history; scripted all three segments

Family & Companions

  • Carlo Savoca: father (born in Sicily, Italy)
  • Maria Elvira Savoca: mother (born in Argentina)
  • Kenneth Guay: son (born in January 1989 while "True Love" was enjoying its Sundance success; named after producer Kenneth Utt (a producing associate of family friend Jonathan Demme))

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