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.
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1983
Screwballs
5.1/97
Welcome to T & A High, where the entire student body including campus virgin Purity Busch, chronic masturbator Melvin Jerkovski, repressed Principal S...
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Screwballs
1980
Humanoids from the Deep
5.7/220
After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatu...
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Humanoids from the Deep
1984
The Lost Empire
4.8/56
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...
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The Lost Empire
1981
Lovely But Deadly
3.2/6
A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.
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Lovely But Deadly
1986
Out of Bounds
5.5/23
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...
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Out of Bounds
1981
Graduation Day
5.2/98
After the death of a high school track star during a race, a mysterious killer in a fencing mask begins murdering her friends and teachers.
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Graduation Day
1992
Munchie
4/27
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 sudd...
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Munchie
1995
Leprechaun 3
5.8/310
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 s...
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Leprechaun 3
1994
Munchie Strikes Back
3.2/7
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...
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Munchie Strikes Back
1987
No Man's Land
6/92
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 t...
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No Man's Land
1988
Not of This Earth
4.8/60
An alien arrives on Earth looking to take human blood in an attempt to preserve his dying planet.
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Not of This Earth
1987
Big Bad Mama II
4.7/17
Wilma McClatchie and her daughters return to a life of crime and vow vengeance against the evil land baron who foreclosed on their home.
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Big Bad Mama II
1988
Daddy's Boys
2.5/2
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 u...
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Daddy's Boys
1985
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
0/0
The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1988
Purple People Eater
4.9/11
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...
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