Diane Lake
- Writer
Diane Lake was born in Sioux City, Iowa. Her father was a salesman, and the family moved a lot during her youth, but always in Iowa. She obtained her B.F.A. at Drake University and an M.A. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has been a working screenwriter since 1993 when she sold her first story idea. Since then she has been commissioned to write films for Columbia, Disney, Miramax, Paramount, NBC and numerous independent producers. Diane's film, Frida, opened the Venice Film Festival in 2002, was named one of the 10 Best Films of 2002 by numerous top 10 lists, including the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. It was nominated for 6 Academy Awards in 2003.
Diane's short fiction has appeared in the Grey Sparrow Review, and her book "The Screenwriter's Path" was published by Routledge in 2016.
Diane's short fiction has appeared in the Grey Sparrow Review, and her book "The Screenwriter's Path" was published by Routledge in 2016.
