Temple Grandin (2010)
Genres: Drama, Biography
Cast: Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Charles Baker, Barry Tubb, Stephanie Faracy, Melissa Farman, Rutherford Cravens, Cyndi Williams, Cherami Leigh, Gabriel Luna
Temple Grandin is a 2010 American biographical drama television film directed by Mick Jackson and starring Claire Danes as Temple Grandin, a woman with autism whose innovations revolutionized practices for the humane handling of livestock on cattle ranches and slaughterhouses. It is based on Grandin's memoirs Emergence and Thinking in Pictures. The film premiered on HBO on February 6, 2010, and won several awards including five Primetime Emmy Awards, and Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild prizes for Danes.