Donna Deitch
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Acting History
2017
Women in Love: Desert Hearts as Self
2017Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts
2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women as Self
2006Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
2003Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
1998Angel on My Shoulder as Self / Narrator
1988Calling the Shots as Self
1986As Kineastas
1985Desert Hearts as Hungarian Gambler
1969Several Friends
—Directors on Directing (Part 2)