title: Jan Sardi
text: # Jan Sardi
  
  Jan Vittorio Sardi AO (born 1953) is an Australian screenwriter. In 1997, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay), for Shine. He wrote and directed the 2004 film Love's Brother. He adapted the novel by Nicholas Sparks for The Notebook (2004). Sardi also adapted Li Cunxin's memoir for the film Mao's Last Dancer (2009) and the miniseries The Secret River (co-written with Mac Gudgeon), based on the novel by Kate Grenville.
  
  ## Writer
  
  * Moving Out (1983)
  * Street Hero (1984)
  * Breakaway (1990)
  * Mission: Impossible (1990) (S2E30: “Deadly Harvest)
  * Halifax f.p. (1995) (S1E3: “Lies of the Mind)
  * Shine (1996)
  * Love's Brother (2004) (also director)
  * The Notebook (2004) (adapted novel)
  * Mao's Last Dancer (2009) (adapted memoir)
  * The Secret River (2015, miniseries) (co-written with Mac Gudgeon)
  