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Donna Deitch

Film Director / Actor / Television Director | * 06/08/1945 (78) | San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA))
Donna Deitch (born June 8, 1945, San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director, producer, and writer best known for her 1985 film Desert Hearts. The movie was the first feature film to "de-sensationalize lesbianism" by presenting a lesbian romance story with positive and respectful themes. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | TV Movies

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The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay. ...

Desert Hearts

Certification unknown

1985 | 3.6/5 | 1h 31min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Donna Deitch directed this documentary about the illness and death of her friend, actress Gwen Welles (Nashville). Diagnosed with an cancerous tumor in 1992, Welles chose not to go for conventional tr ...

Angel on My Shoulder

Certification unknown

1998 | 5.0/5 | 1h 25min
Documentary
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Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cas ...

NYPD Blue

TV-14

1993 | 3.5/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented. ...

Heroes

NR

2006 | 3.7/5 | 43min per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
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Movies with Donna Deitch as Actress(7)

as herself2014 Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as herself2006 Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as herself2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self / Narrator1998 Angel on My Shoulder
as herself1988 Calling the Shots
as Hungarian Gambler1985 Desert Hearts
1969 Several Friends

Movies with Donna Deitch as Crew(14)

Directing/Director2000 Common Ground
Directing/Director1999 The Devil's Arithmetic
Crew/Cinematography1998 Angel on My Shoulder
Directing/Director1998 Angel on My Shoulder
Production/Producer1998 Angel on My Shoulder
Writing/Writer1998 Angel on My Shoulder
Directing/Director1994 A Change of Place
Directing/Director1994 Criminal Passion
Directing/Director1992 Sexual Advances
Directing/Director1991 Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
Directing/Director1989 The Women of Brewster Place
Directing/Director1985 Desert Hearts
Production/Producer1985 Desert Hearts
Directing/Director1975 Woman to Woman

TV Shows/Series with Donna Deitch as Crew(17)

Directing/Director2010 The Glades
Directing/Director2007 Private Practice
Directing/Director2006 Eureka
Directing/Director2006 Heroes
Directing/Director2005 Grey's Anatomy
Directing/Director2005 South of Nowhere
Directing/Director2005 Bones
Directing/Director2003 L.A. Dragnet
Directing/Director2001 Crossing Jordan
Directing/Director2000 The $treet
Directing/Director1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Directing/Director1999 Judging Amy
Directing/Director1997 The Visitor
Directing/Director1996 Second Noah
Directing/Director1995 Murder One
Directing/Director1994 ER
Directing/Director1990 WIOU

Additional Information

Full Name: Donna Deitch
Born: Friday, 06/08 1945 (June) in San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 78 years + 316 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Donna Deitch frequently works together with these people:
Tim Kring (10x, Crew)
Raphael Sbarge (8x, Actor)
Neal Baer (8x, Crew)
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
John Doman (7x, Actor)
Michael Gaston (7x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (7x, Crew)
Shonda Rhimes (7x, Crew)
Jessica Tuck (7x, Actress)
Lydia Woodward (7x, Crew)
Bethany Rooney (6x, Crew)
Charles Burnett (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:175127, Added: 07/09/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024