Linda Yellen


Linda Yellen is an American director, producer and writer of film and television,.
As a producer some of her credits are Playing for Time, The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana and Second Serve.
Some of her credits as a director include Northern Lights, The Simian Line, William & Catherine: A Royal Romance and The Last Film Festival which stars Dennis Hopper in his final acting role.
Linda's projects have received 2 Peabodys, 7 Emmys, including a Primetime Emmy Award as a producer for Playing for Time in 1981, 1 Silver Nymph and 2 Christophers. She is an alumna of Barnard College and Columbia University.
Linda's films have been shown at Cannes, Sundance, New York, Hamptons, Monte Carlo, Aspen, Banff, Palm Springs, Nashville, Santa Fe International, and Deauville Film Festivals. Additionally, Linda's projects have been nominated for a Golden Globe and a Writers Guild Award. Linda Yellen is the recipient of Barnard's Woman of Achievement Award.
Her most recent film,, won Best Director and Best Picture at Boston International Film Festival and Jersey Shore Film Festival, Best Picture at Edinburgh Film Awards, and is an Official Selection at Newport Beach Film Festival.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
1971Come Out, Come Out!
1977'
1993Chantilly Lace
2002The Simian Line
2016The Last Film Festival
2018
2022
2024

Short filmProspera
TV movies
YearTitleDirectorProducerWriter
1979Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1980Hardhat and Legs
1980Playing for Time
1982The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1986Second Serve
1988Liberace: Behind the Music
1989'
1989
1994Parallel Lives
1995End of Summer
1997Northern Lights
2011William & Catherine: A Royal Romance