Lynne Littman

Lynne Littman (born June 26, 1941) is an American film and television director and producer. She is best known for directing Testament. She has won several awards including an Academy Award for documentary short film Number Our Days (1976). Littman was one of the Original Six, a group of women directors who created the Women's Steering Committee of the Directors Guild of America to protest against gender discrimination in Hollywood. Early life and education Littman was born June 26, 1941, in New York City. She attended Music & Art High School and Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962. She also studied at the Sorbonne from 1960 to 1961.