Anna Thomas

Anna Thomas (born July 12, 1948) is a German-born American author, screenwriter, and film producer. She is best known as the author of the 1972 vegetarian cookbook ''The Vegetarian Epicure'', which contributed to the rise of the vegetarian movement of the 1970s. She is currently discipline head of the Screenwriting department at the American Film Institute.

Anna Thomas wrote ''The Vegetarian Epicure'' (1972) while still a film student at UCLA. It had a strong impact on the natural foods movement within the American counterculture.

She made ''The Haunting of M'', her thesis film for her master's degree, in Scotland. It was well received by film critics as well as shown at film festivals and art houses. Provided by Wikipedia