Lynne Littman

Directing

Lynne Littman

Born

1941-06-26 (85)

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

Lynne Littman (born June 26, 1941) is an American film and television director and producer. Her best known work is the 1983 film Testament and she has won several awards including an Academy Award for her documentary short film Number Our Days (1976).

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

Testament poster
6.4

It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

Testament

1983

Testament poster
6.4

It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

Testament

1983

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples poster
5.0

Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save Holocaust victims.

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

1998

Freak City poster
5.7

After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in the most unlikely of places...

Freak City

1999

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions poster
8.5

Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when they're assigned to the city's first capital murder case in 10 years.

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

1996

No artwork available
NR

Documentary short that explores how anxieties about nuclear war have endured in the years since the release of the 1983 film Testament.

Testament: Nuclear Thoughts

2004

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years poster
7.3

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background. With the support of each other and their family, they survived encounters with racism and sexism in their own different ways. Sadie quietly and sweetly broke barriers to become the first African-American home-ec teacher in New York City, while Bessie, with her own brand of outspokenness, became the second African-American dentist in New York City. At the ages of 103 and 101, they told their story to Amy Hill Hearth, a white New York Times reporter who published an article about them. The overwhelming response launched a bestselling book, a Broadway play, and this film.

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

1999

Number Our Days poster
7.8

Based on the book by anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff, this Academy Award-winning short documentary offers a tender portrait of a community of elderly yet resilient Jews living, loving, and at times struggling, in Venice, California. From everyday trials to traditional celebrations, this compassionate portrayal of Eastern European survivors cuts straight to the heart of every viewer and reminds us of the joys and realities of long life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Number Our Days

1976

No artwork available
NR

Interviews with crew and cast look back 20 years to the filming and release of "Testament" in 1983.

Testament at 20

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In Her Own Time poster
10.0

A documentary about Dr. Barbara Myerhoff and Los Angeles's Fairfax district.

In Her Own Time

1985

Drugs And Beyond poster
NR

Poses the potential for manipulation and alteration of man's life through the use and abuse of drugs as a part of drug education. Discusses the use of drugs for increased learning power, memory stimulation, accelerated maturing processes and tension control and the responsibilities educators and administrators may have in such applications.

Drugs And Beyond

1971