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Dear Diary (1996 film)

Dear Diary is a TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen. After being rejected by ABC, it was slightly edited and put into a single Los Angeles theater for a weekend in November 1996, and went on to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film[1] at the 69th Academy Awards.[2] It was the only made-for-TV pilot ever to win an Oscar.

Dear Diary

David Frankel

David Frankel

David Frankel
Barry Jossen

Bebe Neuwirth
Bruce Altman

Maryse Alberti

Michael Berenbaum

American Broadcasting Company

  • 1996 (1996)

22 minutes

United States

English

Plot[edit]

The film revolves around a New York magazine art director, married and the mother of two, who, having just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal.[3]

as Griffin

Bruce Altman

as Annie

Bebe Neuwirth

as Tom

Brian Kerwin

Rhea Silver-Smith as Sara

as Peter

Peter Brown

Cheryl Freeman as Elizabeth

Lisa Louise Langford as Stacey

as Christie

Haviland Morris

as Fritz

Mike Starr

as Erik

Ronald Guttman

as Ron

Jeff Blumenkrantz

as Hal

Peter Jacobson

as Peter

Peter Vack

Peter Giles as Gary

[4]

Production[edit]

TBA

Reception[edit]

TBA

at IMDb

Dear Diary