Writing · age 81

Nancy Dowd

Best rated: Ordinary People (7.7)

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Nancy Dowd, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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19779 films1989

Current formLast 5: 6.56 vs career 6.88 (−0.32)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.88

9 rated films

Vote weighted

6.91

bigger films count more

Median

6.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.48

rating spread

Career

13y

1977 to 1989

Total votes

167K

across every film

Best

7.7

Ordinary People

Worst

6.0

Swing Shift

Newest first

Writing filmography

1989	Let It Ride	6.8	7,424
1985	White Nights	6.7	9,216
1984	Cloak & Dagger	6.6	9,377
1984	Swing Shift	6.0	5,991
1982	Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains	6.7	3,561
1980	Ordinary People	7.7	62,781
1979	North Dallas Forty	6.9	6,541
1978	Coming Home	7.3	16,147
1977	Slap Shot	7.2	45,782

Takes

1 nominations, 1 wins

Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1979
Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Won

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