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Currently, Don Linder is 88 years, 9 months and 6 days old. Don Linder will celebrate 89rd birthday on a Sunday 16th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Don Linder upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Don Linder |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Age | 88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | February 16, 1936 () |
| Birthday | February 16 |
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Don Linder’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Don Linder was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Don Linder, a native New Yorker, is an award-winning scriptwriter, fiction and travel writer, and academic who has lived and worked on five continents. He did his BA and MA degrees at Columbia University where he studied film theory with the critic Andrew Sarris.
Don's first feature-length film, "The Last Executioner," has its world premiere when it was invited to compete at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2014, where it received Best Actor honors.
On 2 June 2015 "The Last Executioner" received the Best Film and Best Screenplay Awards at Thailand's prestigious Tukkata Tong Awards -- the equivalent of the Golden Globes -- which have been given since 1958 when the King of Thailand attended the ceremonies, and they are still considered royal awards.
Don was the first non-Thai to win a Tukkata Tong Award for Scriptwriting, and only the second non-Thai to win in any category in 58 years. Don has also written for a Japanese-American television series, a Discover Channel documentary on Angkor Wat, a pilot for an American sitcom, educational programming and more.
Don's creative and academic work span a broad spectrum. He has directed academic departments in the U.S., the Canary Islands, China, and Thailand; headed writing programs at Poets & Writers, Inc., the State University of New York, and the North Carolina Arts Council; produced and hosted jazz and blues radio programs in NYC; lectured on Western culture on Radio Beijing; mounted several one-person photography shows; acted in several films, and more, including a stint as a New York City taxi driver in the 1970s.
He has taught and evaluated script writing worldwide in such diverse locations as Egypt, Mongolia, Brazil, Thailand, and the U.S. He lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with his wife Wannida Jiratha.
