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Director

Donna Deitch

Directing

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Directed credits

34

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 21All crew credits: 35

TMDB ID: 4163

IMDb ID: nm0215123

Known for: Directing

Born: June 8, 1945

Age: 80

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1968 - 2017

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 7.17

Wikidata: Q5296333

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Director (34)Writer (1)

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

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