Nancy Dowd (born 1945) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter whose credits include the films Slap Shot and Coming Home.
[1] Dowd was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, the daughter of wealthy machine tool plant operator.
She later attended the UCLA Film School and worked as a student assistant to the director King Vidor.
[2] Dowd's first screenplay, commissioned by Jane Fonda, was an antiwar story about a returning Vietnam War veteran titled "Buffalo Ghost."
"[2] Her brother Ned Dowd inspired[3] the story behind Slap Shot based on his experiences playing minor league hockey.