---
name: "Robin Swicord"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robin-swicord"
fi1m_id: "robin-swicord"
imdb_id: "nm0842523"
tmdb_id: 19852
wikidata_id: "Q299563"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "23 October 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T10:30:06.572924+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robin Swicord

## Identity

Robin Swicord

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robin-swicord
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robin-swicord
- **IMDb ID:** nm0842523
- **TMDB ID:** 19852
- **Wikidata ID:** Q299563
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Swicord, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19852

Writer and producer. Born 23 October 1952 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 23 October 1952, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2019
- **Also known as:** 罗宾·斯威科德
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Denise Di Novi](https://film.one/person/denise-di-novi.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 60 (1), 2000s 64 (1), 2010s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $430m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Swicord, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19852

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*When They See Us*](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*Little Women*](https://film.one/film/little-women.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*Practical Magic*](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robin Swicord is an American screenwriter, director and producer. She was born on 23 October 1952 in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated from Florida State University with degrees in English and theatre.

Swicord is known for her screenplays for literary adaptations, including *Little Women* (1994), *Matilda* (1996), *Practical Magic* (1998), *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005) and *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008). She wrote and directed *The Jane Austen Book Club* (2007) and *Wakefield* (2016). She also served as a producer on the 2019 film *Little Women*.

She has been married to screenwriter Nicholas Kazan since 1984; they have two daughters, actresses Zoe Kazan and Maya Kazan. Swicord is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Directors.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *When They See Us* (2019), Fi1m 84, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)
- *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), Fi1m 64, Screenstory — [page](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md)
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Fi1m 60, Screenplay, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Little Women* (2019), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/little-women.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Little Women* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/little-women.md)
- *When They See Us* (2019), series, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)
- *Wakefield* (2017), Writer, Director
- *The Promise* (2016), Writer
- *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), Screenstory — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md)
- *The Jane Austen Book Club* (2007), Director, Screenplay
- *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005), Screenplay
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Screenplay, Co-Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *Matilda* (1996), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *The Perez Family* (1995), Screenplay
- *Little Women* (1994), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *Shag* (1989), Screenplay
- *You Ruined My Life* (1987), Screenplay
- *Cuba Crossing* (1980), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2009: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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