Donna Deitch
1945-06-08 (1945)San Francisco, California, USADirecting
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
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
MOVIE • 2003
Desert Hearts
MOVIE • 1985
Several Friends
MOVIE • 1969
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
MOVIE • 2006
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
MOVIE • 2014
Calling the Shots
MOVIE • 1988
Women in Love: Desert Hearts
MOVIE • 2017
Directors on Directing (Part 2)
MOVIE
As Kineastas
MOVIE • 1986
Angel on My Shoulder
MOVIE • 1998
Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts
MOVIE • 2017