Linda Shayne

Linda Shayne

Linda Shayne graduated from UC Berkeley, worked in mental hospitals and has written articles about San Quentin Prison ex-offenders, before she became a writer and director in film and TV. Shayne has written movies for IMAGINE, SHOWTIME and DISNEY and directed for PARAMOUNT, NICKELODEON and WARNER BROS. Recently. Shayne wrote & directed a documentary about a Thai transwoman billionaire. American/Canadian, dual citizen, Linda Shayne created a dramedy TV series for QUINCY JONES and QDE, two animated TV series for WARNER BROS. and in 2022 Shayne created a dramedy TV series to film in Asia. Shayne is an award-winning writer director. Shayne won a Best Feature Screenplay award for her newest crime thriller at the FLORENCE FILM AWARDS in 2022, and she won Best Thriller award at HRIFF 2022, a Best Director award at the FREEDOM FESTIVAL in 2019 as well as a Top 10 Feature Screenplay Finalist at CINEQUEST 2020. Shayne developed a dramatic film for MUSE ENT. of Montreal and X-FILME of Germany and she wrote a romantic comedy for PATRIOT ENTERTAINMENT of Los Angeles.

Shayne first directed a film starring Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Thora Birch and Shelley Winters. PURPLE PEOPLE EATER garnered actress Thora Birch a Youth in Film Award. Shayne also directed UNDERCOVER KID release by WARNER BROS. and aired on HBO Family and she directed LITTLE GHOST for KUSHNER-LOCKE, released by PARAMOUNT. Shayne won a TELLY AWARD for her writing on the HARD HAT HARRY kids’ series and she recently wrote a children’s book that was illustrated by Emmy Award winning animator, Art Leonardi. Shayne wrote the English translation of Dord Krstic’s non-fiction book: “Mileva and Albert Einstein: Their Love and Scientific Collaboration” sold at the Einstein Museum House in Switzerland.

Movies for Linda Shayne...

Leprechaun 3
Title: Leprechaun 3
Character: Nurse
Released: July 4, 1995
Type: Movie
It was a normal night in Las Vegas, Nevada, all the lights were flashing brightly, until a man with one hand, one eye, and one leg walks into a pawn shop with a statue of a hideous looking Leprechaun. The owner claims it's a good luck charm. The statue also wore a medallion around it's neck. The careless pawn shop owner took off the medallion setting the Leprechaun free...
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Munchie Strikes Back
Title: Munchie Strikes Back
Character: Band Member
Released: August 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The magical Munchie is back, and if he gets in any more trouble it's off to the dullest constellation in the galaxy. Staying out of trouble has never been easy for Munchie, but this time he gives it his best shot. He is sent to earth and finds himself in the company of the McClelland family. As he proves himself, he becomes mixed up in the family's many problems. Munchie does his best to fulfill his duty on Earth, but not without getting involved in a little mischief. Written by Concorde - New Horizons.
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Munchie
Title: Munchie
Character: Band Member
Released: May 15, 1992
Type: Movie
No friends. The new school sucks. And Mom is in love with a sleazy research doctor. Pretty bleak. That’s how life looks to ten-year-old Gage when suddenly, into his world pops the magical Munchie. Munchie is the ever-hungry and hilarious mysterious creature from another world who delivers flying pizzas and brings on the parties! With the help of Munchie and loony Professor Cruikshank, Gage evens the score on his school’s bullies as well as his mom’s boyfriend and has the greatest summer ever!
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Title: Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Character: Mrs. Steiner
Released: September 2, 1990
Type: TV
For a cool high school kid and his friends, thwarting authority figures and other enemies is not a problem.
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Purple People Eater
Title: Purple People Eater
Character: Nurse
Released: December 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.
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Daddy's Boys
Title: Daddy's Boys
Character: Nanette
Released: June 11, 1988
Type: Movie
A dark comedy set in 1930s America. Jimmy and Christie become celebrity bank robbers whose stardom ends in a bloody shootout when Daddy's Boys catch up with them.
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Not of This Earth
Title: Not of This Earth
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1988
Type: Movie
An alien arrives on Earth looking to take human blood in an attempt to preserve his dying planet.
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No Man's Land
Title: No Man's Land
Character: Peggy
Released: October 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.
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Big Bad Mama II
Title: Big Bad Mama II
Character: Bank Teller
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
It's 1934, and the evil local land baron forecloses on Angie's place, and she and her two daughters must leave and continue their life of crime. A reporter witnesses their heist of a bank, and helps them become folk legends by writing a story about them. After a time the evil land baron wants to run for governor, and Angie and her daughters kidnap his son and turn him into a gangster in order to discredit his father and his run for governor.
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Out of Bounds
Title: Out of Bounds
Character: Chris Cage
Released: July 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a ruthless drug dealer wants back. The dealer murders Daryl's brother and the small town boy ends up all alone in the big city, being pursued by both the drug dealer and the police, who suspect him of the murder.
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Title: My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Character: Girl on Train #1
Released: January 21, 1985
Type: Movie
The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
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The Lost Empire
Title: The Lost Empire
Character: Cindy Blake
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
A police officer and her two companions battle an evil genius with diabolical plans to destroy the world. Whoever can find the three sacred jewels can anticipate total power.
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Screwballs
Title: Screwballs
Character: Bootsie Goodhead
Released: April 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Welcome to T & A High, where the entire student body including campus virgin Purity Busch, chronic masturbator Melvin Jerkovski, repressed Principal Stuckoff and blonde bombshell Bootsie Goodhead all must rise to the challenges of freshman breast exams, bikini cheerleader attacks, inappropriate uses of bowling ball holes and much more.
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Lovely But Deadly
Title: Lovely But Deadly
Character: Barb
Released: June 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Character: Sherry Marie
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Humanoids from the Deep
Title: Humanoids from the Deep
Character: Sandy, Miss Salmon
Released: May 1, 1980
Type: Movie
After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatures begin killing the men and raping the women.