Dear Diary (1996 film)

{{short description|1996 short film by David Frankel}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Dear Diary

| image =

| caption =

| director = David Frankel

| producer = David Frankel
Barry Jossen

| writer = David Frankel

| narrator =

| starring = Bebe Neuwirth
Bruce Altman

| music =

| cinematography = Maryse Alberti

| editing = Michael Berenbaum

| production_companies = DreamWorks Television

| distributor = American Broadcasting Company

| released = {{Film date|1996}}

| runtime = 22 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

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Dear Diary is a TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen. After being rejected by ABC, it was slightly edited and put into a single Los Angeles theater for a weekend in November 1996, and went on to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-22-ca-40763-story.html |title=Dear Diary: How It Got an Oscar Nod |first=Robert W. |last=Welkos |date=March 22, 1997 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131103956/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-22-ca-40763-story.html |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |url-status=live}} at the 69th Academy Awards.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300819/Dear-Diary/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520031445/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300819/Dear-Diary/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |title=New York Times: Dear Diary |access-date=2008-05-25}} It was the only made-for-TV pilot ever to win an Oscar.