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| rdfs:comment | - Anna Thomas is an author, producer and screenwriter. In 1973, Thomas worked with fellow film student and future husband Gregory Nava on his master's thesis film, a dramatic feature set in the Middle Ages, The Confessions of Amans. It was the beginning of a writing collaboration that has spanned more than two decades. In 1984, Thomas co-wrote and produced El Norte with Nava directing. The film was a critical success. Thomas and Nava were nominated for an Academy Award and the film collected honors at various film festivals. In 1995, it was elected to the National Film Registry for the Library of Congress. Thomas produced A Time of Destiny for Columbia Pictures in 1988. She returned to the independent film world in 1995 with My Family, a multi-generational Mexican-American family story set i
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| abstract | - Anna Thomas is an author, producer and screenwriter. In 1973, Thomas worked with fellow film student and future husband Gregory Nava on his master's thesis film, a dramatic feature set in the Middle Ages, The Confessions of Amans. It was the beginning of a writing collaboration that has spanned more than two decades. In 1984, Thomas co-wrote and produced El Norte with Nava directing. The film was a critical success. Thomas and Nava were nominated for an Academy Award and the film collected honors at various film festivals. In 1995, it was elected to the National Film Registry for the Library of Congress. Thomas produced A Time of Destiny for Columbia Pictures in 1988. She returned to the independent film world in 1995 with My Family, a multi-generational Mexican-American family story set in East Los Angeles which Thomas co-wrote and produced. In 1996, Thomas wrote "The New Vegetarian Epicure", a menu-based cookbook with a new collection of recipes. She also teaches at the American Film Institute as a lecturer.
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