Linda Shayne

Linda Shayne is an American-Canadian writer-director and former actress who works as a writer and director for film and television. She trained at the University of California at Berkeley and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her screen acting credits include Humanoids from the Deep (1980), Screwballs (1983), which she also wrote, Out of Bounds (1986), and No Man's Land (1987). She later wrote and directed Purple People Eater and Flyin' Ryan, and directed Little Ghost and The Undercover Kid. On television she directed The Secret World of Alex Mack and wrote for Starla and the Jewel Riders. Her short suspense thriller Mirror Image (2019) earned her a directing prize at the Freedom Festival Intl. and a thriller award at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival. She also wrote and directed the documentary Being Anne: Conversation Of Transformation, which in 2024 won a documentary prize at the Angeles Documentaries Film Festival.