Robin Stender Swicord (born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright best known for literary adaptations. Her notable screenplays include Little Women (1994), Matilda (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. She wrote and directed the 2007 film The Jane Austen Book Club. Swicord is the wife of screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and the mother of actresses Zoe Kazan and Maya Kazan. She is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Directors member. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Swicord, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 23, 1952 (74)
- Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Writer, producer and director, also actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Robin Swicord's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Robin Swicord's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Robin Swicord's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Practical Magic 2(2026)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Little Women(2019)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
When They See Us(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Movies(2019)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Wakefield(2016)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Promise(2016)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Practical Magic(1998)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Matilda(1996)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Perez Family(1995)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Little Women(1994)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Shag(1988)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
You Ruined My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Cuba Crossing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 1980 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Little Women (2019)
Highest rated
Little Women (2019)
Most popular right now
Practical Magic (1998)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Robin Swicord's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 58/100 and the plot and story 50/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Robin Swicord's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Robin Swicord work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robin Swicord's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Denise Di Novi shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Christian BaleShared titles: The Promise (2016), Little Women (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Christian Bale
- Trini AlvaradoShared titles: The Perez Family (1995), Little Women (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Trini Alvarado
Composers
- Aaron ZigmanShared titles: Wakefield (2016), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Zigman
- Alan SilvestriShared titles: Practical Magic (1998), The Perez Family (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Silvestri
Producers
- Denise Di NoviShared titles: Little Women (2019), Practical Magic (1998), Little Women (1994)See all 3 shared titles with Denise Di Novi
- Julie LynnShared titles: Wakefield (2016), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Julie Lynn
- Julia ChasmanShared titles: The Perez Family (1995), Shag (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Julia Chasman
Mixed roles
- Steven SpielbergShared titles: The Movies (2019), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Spielberg
