Nora Ephron Highlights

  • 2009: Re-teamed with Meryl Streep to direct "Julie & Julia"; also penned the screenplay adaptation of Julie Powell's book about cooking 524 recipes from Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking
  • 2005: Directed the big-screen adaptation of the classic 60's TV show, "Bewitched"; also produced and co-wrote with sister Delia
  • 2002: Scripted first play, "Imaginary Friends," about the relationship between writers Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy; first premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, before moving to Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre
  • 2000: Produced and co-wrote screenplay (with sister Delia) for "Hanging Up"; directed by Diane Keaton, who also co-starred
  • 1998: Re-teamed with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan for "You've Got Mail"; co-wrote with sister Delia
  • 1996: Produced and directed the comedy, "Michael"; also co-wrote with sister Delia
  • 1994: Directed the critically panned, "Mixed Nuts"; re-teamed with sister Delia to write the screenplay
  • 1993: Re-teamed with Meg Ryan to direct her in the hit romantic comedy, "Sleepless in Seattle"; also co-wrote, earning third Best Original Screenplay Academy Award nomination
  • 1992: Directed first feature, "This Is My Life"; also co-wrote with sister Delia Ephron
  • 1992: Played a party guest in Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives"
  • 1989: Had a small role as a wedding guest in Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors"
  • 1989: Garnered second Academy Award nomination for writing "When Harry Met Sally..."; directed by Rob Reiner and starred Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan
  • 1986: Penned screenplay adaptation of "Heartburn"; directed by Mike Nichols and starred Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson
  • 1983: Published first novel, Heartburn, which was loosely based on the break-up of her second marriage to Carl Bernstein
  • 1983: Co-wrote first screenplay, "Silkwood"; earned first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay
  • 1978: Wrote the teleplay "Perfect Gentlemen" for CBS
  • 1975: Published second collection of essays, Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women
  • 1974: Promoted to senior editor at Esquire magazine
  • 1973: Wrote for the short-lived ABC sitcom "Adam's Rib"
  • 1972: Named a columnist and contributing editor at Esquire magazine
  • 1970: Published first collection of essays, Wallflower at the Orgy
  • 1963: Worked as reporter for the New York Post
  • 1944: Moved with parents to Beverly Hills, CA at age three
  • Was contributing editor at New York magazine
  • Was a freelance writer, contributing to such publications as The New York Times Magazine and Good Housekeeping
  • Parents reportedly used her college letters to home as the inspiration for the 1961 Broadway hit "Take Her, She's Mine" (filmed in 1963)