Donna Deitch
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 8, 1945, San Francisco, California, USA
- Movies
- 26
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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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Upcoming Donna Deitch Movies
Directors on Directing (Part 2)
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Desert Hearts
1985
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
Common Ground
2000
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Criminal Passion
1994
Several Friends
1969
A Change of Place
1994
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
1991
Filmography
| 2017 | Women in Love: Desert Hearts | Self |
| 2017 | Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts | |
| 2014 | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self |
| 2006 | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Self |
| 2003 | Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self |
| 1998 | Angel on My Shoulder | Self / Narrator |
| 1988 | Calling the Shots | Self |
| 1986 | As Kineastas | |
| 1985 | Desert Hearts | Hungarian Gambler |
| 1969 | Several Friends |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2000 | Common Ground | Director |
| 1999 | The Devil's Arithmetic | Director |
| 1998 | Angel on My Shoulder | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1997 | Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer | Director |
| 1994 | A Change of Place | Director |
| 1994 | Criminal Passion | Director |
| 1992 | Sexual Advances | Director |
| 1991 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Director |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Director |
| 1985 | Desert Hearts | Director, Producer |
| 1975 | Woman to Woman | Director |
| 1972 | Portrait | Director |
| 1970 | She Was A Visitor | Director |
| 1969 | Memorabilia | Director |
| 1969 | P. P.1 | Director |
| 1968 | Berkeley 12 to 1 | Director |
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