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Donna Deitch is an American Film 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 (1989 Television) . Her partner is writer Terri Jentz . BIOGRAPHY Donna Deitch segued from award winning documentary filmmaker to Producing and Directing ‘Desert Hearts,’ the landmark hit of the 1986 Sundance , Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals. The film was picked up for worldwide distribution by The Samuel Goldwyn Company . Shortly after seeing the film, Oprah Winfrey hired Ms Deitch to direct the Emmy nominated 4 hour mini series ‘The Women of Brewster Place.’ Ms Deitch directed four pilots subsequent to the success of Brewster Place, three of which were picked up for series including ‘Second Noah’. She has directed numerous episodes of one hour dramas including , EZ Streets , The Visitor , Dragnet , Crossing Jordan , Heroes and others. She directed the pilot episode of the N's, South Of Nowhere She directed ‘Prison Stories, Women on the Inside’ for and Brittany Murphy for which Ms Deitch won an Emmy for her direction and ‘Common Ground’ written by Terrence McNally , Paula Vogel , and Harvey Fierstein (also for Showtime) She directed, photographed and edited ‘Angel On My Shoulder’ a feature length documentary about her best friend actress Gwen Welles’ (Nashville) experience with dying which won the Gold Hugo at The Chicago Film Festival. She is currently working on obtaining the financing for ‘Blonde Ghost’ adapted from the best seller ''Stella'' by Peter Wyden which takes place in Berlin during the war. She has recently completed the screenplay. And she is writing a sequel to her 1986 film ‘Desert Hearts.’ |
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