Director
Donna Deitch
June 8, 1945 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Caterina Scorsone
3 titles together
Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Common Ground
Amy Brenneman
3 titles together
Private Practice, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy
Eugene Byrd
2 titles together
Bones, Crossing Jordan
Adrian Pasdar
2 titles together
Heroes, Judging Amy
Sherry Stringfield
2 titles together
ER, NYPD Blue
Helen Shaver
2 titles together
Desert Hearts, Common Ground
Full filmography · 40
A Gifted Man
Director
20116.4
The Glades
Director
20107
Private Practice
Director
20077.5
Heroes
Director
20067.5
Eureka
Director
20067.7
South of Nowhere
Director
20057.3
Bones
Director
20058.2
Grey's Anatomy
Director
20058.2
L.A. Dragnet
Director
2003
Crossing Jordan
Director
20017.2
The $treet
Director
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director
19998