Linda Shayne

Linda Shayne graduated from UC Berkeley, worked in mental hospitals and wrote articles about San Quentin State Prison ex-offenders, before she became a writer and director in film and TV. Shayne has written movies for Disney, Showtime, Imagine and directed for Nickelodeon, Warner Bros. and Paramount and has created a TV series for Quincy Jones QDE, two animated series for Warner Bros. and Shayne created a dramedy TV series to film in Thailand, directed an award-winning documentary. Shayne adapted a WW2 spy book for a Swiss producer. Recently hired to write/produce a rom-com movie for a San Francisco company. Shayne is an American/Canadian dual citizen.

Shayne's feature film credits include Purple People Eater (writer, director, and producer),[ Flyin' Ryan (writer, director, and producer), Crystal Heart (writer), Little Ghost (director), and The Undercover Kid (director). Shayne wrote and directed the short suspense thriller Mirror Image (director) in 2019.] Linda Shayne's TV credits include The Secret World of Alex Mack (director), and Starla and the Jewel Riders (writer).[7]

For Shayne's film, Mirror Image, she won Best Directing at the Freedom Festival Intl. and Best Thriller at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.Shayne's dramatic epic screenplay won Best Script at the London New Renaissance Film Festival, the Florence Film Awards and Top 10 at Cinequest. Shayne was the writer/director of the documentary Being Anne: Conversation Of Transformation. She won the Best Narrative Documentary award at the Angeles Documentaries Film Festival in 2024.

Shayne has also had film writing development deals with Walt Disney Studios, Showtime Networks, and Brian Grazer, and she has served on the judging panel for the British film festival ShropFilm48. Linda Shayne created a TV series to film in Thailand and served as a Judge for the Content Asia Awards.

Linda Shayne wrote the children's book, Longfellow Finds a Home. The book was illustrated by Emmy-Award winner Art Leonardo. The bilingual English/Japanese version will be released soon.