Nancy Dowd (born 1945) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter whose credits include the films Slap Shot and Coming Home. Dowd was born in Framingham...

Shot (1977), written by his sister, Nancy Dowd, is based in part on his experiences playing in the minor leagues. Dowd appeared in the film as notorious...

a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story by Nancy Dowd. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert...

Houser. The original screenplay was written by Nancy Dowd, sister of Johnstown Jets teammate Ned Dowd, who also appeared in the movie as the character...

1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league...

band finally achieved rock stardom. Director Lou Adler and screenwriter Nancy Dowd (aided by Caroline Coon) disagreed starkly on the film's finale, and it...

John G. Avildsen and starring Peter Falk. The screenplay was written by Nancy Dowd (credited as "Warren Lane"), based on the French film La bonne année....

star/producer/director conflict. The film's script, originally written by screenwriter Nancy Dowd, was revised in 1982 by screenwriter Ron Nyswaner, reportedly to elevate...

Joe Pytka (in his feature non-documentary debut) from a screenplay by Nancy Dowd (credited as Ernest Morton) based on the 1979 novel Good Vibes by Jay...

Peter Gent. The screenplay was by Kotcheff, Gent, Frank Yablans, and Nancy Dowd (uncredited). This was the first film role for Davis, a popular country...