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Donna Deitch profile
Actor

Donna Deitch

Directing

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Acting credits

11

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TMDB popularity

0.4

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Movies: 23Series: 21Crew 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.

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