Jacqueline Feather is a New Zealand born America-based

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for television and film. Her credits include '' Malice in Wonderland'' (1985), ''

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'' (1999) and '' Kung Fu Killer'' (2008). With her then writing partner and former husband

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she is a four times nominee and one time winner of the

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, winning in 1989. Today, aside from her writing she is a Jungian Analyst in private practice and a Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California.

Biography

Born in

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to art teacher parents, her grandfather was the theatre critic for

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. She took a B.F.A. at the

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in 1976 before moving to the United States in her early 20s where she followed a 25 year career as solo screenwriter and as a member of the Feather & Seidler writing team, with

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winner

.Jacqueline Feather biography
/ref>Feather's biography on her website
/ref> Among Feather's screenplays are ''Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica'' (1993), ''Dancing in the Dark'' (1995), '' Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure'' (1988), '' Onassis: The Richest Man in the World'' (1988), ''

Quest for Camelot ''Quest for Camelot'' (released internationally as ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'') is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, directed by Frederik Du Chau, and very loosely based on the ...

'' (1998),Feather and ''Quest for Camelot''
on the

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website '' Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story'' (1999) and '' Son of the Dragon'' (2008). Having taken an

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in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology at the

Pacifica Graduate Institute Pacifica Graduate Institute is a private for-profit graduate school with two campuses near Santa Barbara, California. The institute offers masters and doctoral degrees in the fields of clinical psychology, counseling, mythological studies, dept ...

(2001–2008), she then undertook six years analytic training. Today she continues her writing alongside practicing as a Jungian Analyst/Depth psychotherapist in Ojai California, and is a Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California.

Writing credits

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Feather
on the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Feather, Jacqueline 1950s births Living people University of Auckland alumni New Zealand screenwriters New Zealand women screenwriters American women screenwriters Warner Bros. Animation people New Zealand emigrants to the United States 21st-century American women Pacifica Graduate Institute alumni Year of birth missing (living people)