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name: "Randa Haines"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/randa-haines"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 February 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T17:09:19.779726+00:00"
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# Randa Haines

Director. Born 20 February 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 February 1945, Los Angeles, California, United States

## Biography

Randa Haines is an American film and television director and producer. Born in Los Angeles, she began her career as a script supervisor on independent films before attending the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women. Her early directing credits include episodes of the series *Knots Landing* and *Hill Street Blues* (1981), as well as the television films *The Jilting of Granny Weatherall* (1980) and *Something About Amelia* (1984).

Haines made her feature debut with *Children of a Lesser God* (1986). She has also directed *The Doctor* (1991), *Wrestling Ernest Hemingway* (1993), *Dance with Me* (1998) and the television films *The Outsider* (2002) and *The Ron Clark Story* (2006). She received Directors Guild of America Award nominations for *Something About Amelia* and *Children of a Lesser God*, and an Emmy nomination for the former. Haines won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival and served on its jury in 1989.

*Sources: imdb.com, dga.org, latimes.com, wikimili.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

## Also known for

- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), Director
- *Children of a Lesser God* (1986), Director
- *Dance with Me* (1998), Director
- *Let's Scare Jessica to Death* (1971), Continuity
- *The Ron Clark Story* (2006), Director
- *The Doctor* (1991), Director
- *Joe* (1970), Script Supervisor
- *Wrestling Ernest Hemingway* (1993), Director

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