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Made her name as an independent New York filmmaker with the acclaimed feature "Born in Flames" (1982), shot on a budget of approximately $30,000. Borden has gone on to shape a cinema primarily concerned with the representation of women in contemporary society, and received widespread attention for "Working Girls" (1986), an incisive, witty probe of workaday life in a well-appointed brothel. She made her mainstream Hollywood debut with the $6 million-plus sexual thriller, "Love Crimes" (1992) about an assistant district attorney (Sean Young) obsessed with a con man (Patrick Bergin) who seduces women in order to rob them by posing as a famous fashion photographer....
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Filmography

No Woman No Cry - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )
Rialto - ( Director / / Announced / )
Rialto - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )
Rialto - ( Story By / / Announced / )
Erotique - ( Director / 1995 / Released / )
Erotique - ( Screenplay / 1995 / Released / )
Erotique - ( From Story / 1995 / Released / )
Love Crimes - ( Director / 1992 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
Love Crimes - ( Producer / 1992 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
Calling the Shots - ( Herself / 1988 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
Mankillers - ( / 1987 / Released / West Side Studios )
Working Girls - ( Director / 1987 / Released / )
Working Girls - ( Producer / 1987 / Released / )
Working Girls - ( Screenplay / 1987 / Released / )
Working Girls - ( Editor / 1987 / Released / )
Working Girls - ( From Story / 1987 / Released / )
Born in Flames - ( Director / 1983 / Released / )
Born in Flames - ( Producer / 1983 / Released / )
Born in Flames - ( Screenplay / 1983 / Released / )
Born in Flames - ( Photography / 1983 / Released / )
King Blank - ( Assistant Editor(- editor assistant) / 1983 / Released / )
Regrouping - ( Director / 1976 / Released / )
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Made her name as an independent New York filmmaker with the acclaimed feature "Born in Flames" (1982), shot on a budget of approximately $30,000. Borden has gone on to shape a cinema primarily concerned with the representation of women in contemporary society, and received widespread attention for "Working Girls" (1986), an incisive, witty probe of workaday life in a well-appointed brothel. She made her mainstream Hollywood debut with the $6 million-plus sexual thriller, "Love Crimes" (1992) about an assistant district attorney (Sean Young) obsessed with a con man (Patrick Bergin) who seduces women in order to rob them by posing as a famous fashion photographer. Subsequently, Borden turned to the small screen helming episodes of soft-core cable series (i.e. "Red Shoe Diaries" Showtime).

Profession(s):
director, producer
Sometimes Credited As:
Linda Elizabeth Borden

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Education
Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts fine arts
Awards (Back to top)
United States (Sundance) Film Festival Special Jury Prize "Working Girls" 1987

Milestones (Back to top)
1992 Directed first Hollywood feature, "Love Crimes"
1983 Gained recognition as writer, producer and director of debut theatrical feature "Born in Flames"
1976 Amateur film directing debut with the experimental feature-length "Regroupings" (16mm); no longer extant; shown a couple of times in New York

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