# Jacqueline Feather

Jacqueline Feather is a New Zealand born America-based screenwriter for television and film. Her credits include Malice in Wonderland (1985), The King and I (1999) and Kung Fu Killer (2008). With her then writing partner and former husband David Seidler she is a four times nominee and one time winner of the Writers Guild of America Award, 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 New Zealand to art teacher parents, her grandfather was the theatre critic for National Radio. She took a B.F.A. at the University of Auckland 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 Academy Awards winner David Seidler. 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 (1998), Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story (1999) and Son of the Dragon (2008).
Having taken an M.A. in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology at the Pacifica Graduate Institute (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

| Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
| Another World | "Episode #1.4336" (1981) (co-written with David Seidler) | NBC |
| Malice in Wonderland | Television film (1985) (co-written with David Seidler) | CBS |
| Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Television film (1988) (co-written with David Seidler) | ABC |
| My Father, My Son | Television film (1988) (co-written with David Seidler) | CBS |
| Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica | Television film (1993) (co-written with David Seidler) | ABC |
| Dancing in the Dark | Television film (1995) (co-written with David Seidler) | Lifetime Television |
| Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure | Television film (1998) (co-written with David Seidler) | Walt Disney Television |
| Quest for Camelot | Feature film (1998) (co-written with David Seidler) | N/A |
| The King and I | Feature film (1999) (co-written with David Seidler) | N/A |
| Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story | Television film (1999) (co-written with David Seidler) | ABC |
| Madeline: Lost in Paris | Direct-to-video film (1999) (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) | N/A |
| By Dawn's Early Light | Television film (2000) (co-written with David Seidler) | Showtime |
| Soraya | Television film (co-written with Anna Samueli, David Seidler and Umberto Marino, 2003) | RAI |
| Son of the Dragon | Television miniseries (2006) (co-written with David Seidler) | Hallmark Movie Channel |
| Kung Fu Killer | Television film (2008) (co-written with David Seidler) | Spike TV |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result |
| 1989 | Writers Guild of America Award | My Father, My Son | Original Long Form (with David Seidler) | Nominated |
| 1989 | Writers Guild of America Award | Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Adapted Long Form (with David Seidler; tied with Susan Cooper for the Hallmark Hall of Fame episode "Foxfire".) | Won |
| 2002 | Writers Guild of America Award | By Dawn's Early Light | Children's Script (with David Seidler) | Nominated |
| 2009 | Writers Guild of America Award | Marc and the Space Invaders | Best unproduced animated screenplay (with David Seidler) | Nominated |