Directing
Donna Deitch
Born 1945-06-08
San Francisco, California, USA
Department: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Donna Deitch (born June 8, 1945 in San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director best known for her 1986 film Desert Hearts. The film was groundbreaking as one of the first releases to depict a lesbian love story in a generally mainstream, albeit art house, vein but with positive and respectful themes. Deitch also directed the mini-series The Women of Brewster Place. Her partner is writer Terri Jentz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donna Deitch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Prominent works featuring Donna Deitch
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Grey's Anatomy
2005
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Bones
2005
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Heroes
2006
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ER
1994
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Eureka
2006
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NYPD Blue
1993
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Private Practice
2007
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Crossing Jordan
2001
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Judging Amy
1999
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (54 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Women in Love: Desert Hearts | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | A Gifted Man | Director | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Glades | Director | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Private Practice | Director | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Heroes | Director | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Eureka | Director | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | South of Nowhere | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Bones | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Grey's Anatomy | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | L.A. Dragnet | Director | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Crossing Jordan | Director | TV Series | 2001 |
 | The $treet | Director | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Common Ground | Director | Movie | 2000 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Director | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Judging Amy | Director | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Devil's Arithmetic | Director | Movie | 1999 |
 | Angel on My Shoulder | Self / Narrator | Movie | 1998 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Writer | Movie | 1998 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Producer | Movie | 1998 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Cinematography | Movie | 1998 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Director | Movie | 1998 |
 | Total Security | Director | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Visitor | Director | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer | Director | Movie | 1997 |
 | Second Noah | Director | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Murder One | Director | TV Series | 1995 |
 | A Change of Place | Director | Movie | 1994 |
 | Criminal Passion | Director | Movie | 1994 |
 | ER | Director | TV Series | 1994 |
 | NYPD Blue | Director | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Sexual Advances | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Veronica Clare | Director | TV Series | 1991 | |
 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Director | Movie | 1991 |
 | WIOU | Director | TV Series | 1990 |
 | The Women of Brewster Place | Director | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Women of Brewster Place | Director | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Calling the Shots | Self | Movie | 1988 |
 | As Kineastas | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | Desert Hearts | Hungarian Gambler | Movie | 1985 |
| Desert Hearts | Director | Movie | 1985 |
| Desert Hearts | Producer | Movie | 1985 |
| Woman to Woman | Director | Movie | 1975 | |
 | City City | Production Designer | Movie | 1974 |
| Portrait | Director | Movie | 1972 | |
 | She Was A Visitor | Director | Movie | 1970 |
 | Several Friends | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Memorabilia | Director | Movie | 1969 |
 | P. P.1 | Director | Movie | 1969 |
 | Berkeley 12 to 1 | Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | Directors on Directing (Part 2) | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |