Donna Deitch
Nacimiento : 1945-06-08, San Francisco, California, USA
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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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DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna Deitch. In the following program, made by the Criterion Collection in New York in 2017, the actors and the director discuss the making of the film, the close bond they formed, and the ways it changed their lives.
Filmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their collaboration in creating the look of DESERT HEARTS.
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Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.
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Este documental repasa cronológicamente las películas norteamericanas de temática gay/lésbica, desde los precursores de mediados del siglo XX (como Fireworks, de Kenneth Anger) hasta documentales como Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2004) o producciones “major” como Brokeback Mountain (2005). Entre los que opinan están directores como Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine), Gus Van Sant (Mi Mundo Privado), John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus), Ang Lee (Brokeback) y John Waters (Pink Flamingos).
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Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood culture. With a particular focus given to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon Stone, Sex at 24 Frames Per Second studies the role of female sexuality in film throughout the years. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
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Tres historias en tres diferentes décadas, analizan el cambio de actitudes hacia gays en pueblito de Nueva Inglaterra.
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Hannah es una chica de origen judío pero de débiles creencias religiosas que, tras acudir a casa de su tía para celebrar la Pascua Judía, se verá transportada en el tiempo hasta 1940 para vivir como una prisionera en un campo de concentración nazi. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cinematography
Donna Deitch directed this documentary about the illness and death of her friend, actress Gwen Welles (Nashville). Diagnosed with an cancerous tumor in 1992, Welles chose not to go for conventional treatments, and the film shows her deterioration. Shot on video with a later transfer to 16mm, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
Producer
Donna Deitch directed this documentary about the illness and death of her friend, actress Gwen Welles (Nashville). Diagnosed with an cancerous tumor in 1992, Welles chose not to go for conventional treatments, and the film shows her deterioration. Shot on video with a later transfer to 16mm, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
Writer
Donna Deitch directed this documentary about the illness and death of her friend, actress Gwen Welles (Nashville). Diagnosed with an cancerous tumor in 1992, Welles chose not to go for conventional treatments, and the film shows her deterioration. Shot on video with a later transfer to 16mm, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
Self / Narrator
Donna Deitch directed this documentary about the illness and death of her friend, actress Gwen Welles (Nashville). Diagnosed with an cancerous tumor in 1992, Welles chose not to go for conventional treatments, and the film shows her deterioration. Shot on video with a later transfer to 16mm, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
Director
Donna Deitch directed this documentary about the illness and death of her friend, actress Gwen Welles (Nashville). Diagnosed with an cancerous tumor in 1992, Welles chose not to go for conventional treatments, and the film shows her deterioration. Shot on video with a later transfer to 16mm, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
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Kit y Kate Jameson son dos hermosas gemelas que deciden intercambiar sus vidas durante un mes en secreto. Kate, quien es una conocida modelo entra en un programa de rehabilitación para alcohólicos, mientras que Kim, una estudiante de artes se enamora del mayor invesor de la agencia. Pero la mentira en la que vive cambia su relación amorosa. Un notable drama televisivo basado en una novela de Tracy Sinclair, protagonizado por Andrea Roth (interpretando a las dos gemelas) y el rockero Rick Springfield.
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A homicide detective begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
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Drama about a happily married career woman who falls victim to a management power play involving sexual harassment by her sports-equipment company's in-house lawyer.
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Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second - about a mother whose son has ceased to go to prison for visits. The third - about the experiences of women on the eve of its release.
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A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
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Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
Hungarian Gambler
1959, Vivian Bell, profesora de literatura inglesa, con un matrimonio sin futuro, llega a Reno, Nevada, para tramitar su divorcio de una manera rápida. Allí se alojará en un rancho para turistas. En él conocerá a Cay, una chica lesbiana, sin ambiciones, que trabaja en el casino. Ambas pasarán cada vez más tiempo juntas, consiguiendo que Vivian vuelva a sentir y vivir de nuevo.
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1959, Vivian Bell, profesora de literatura inglesa, con un matrimonio sin futuro, llega a Reno, Nevada, para tramitar su divorcio de una manera rápida. Allí se alojará en un rancho para turistas. En él conocerá a Cay, una chica lesbiana, sin ambiciones, que trabaja en el casino. Ambas pasarán cada vez más tiempo juntas, consiguiendo que Vivian vuelva a sentir y vivir de nuevo.
Director
1959, Vivian Bell, profesora de literatura inglesa, con un matrimonio sin futuro, llega a Reno, Nevada, para tramitar su divorcio de una manera rápida. Allí se alojará en un rancho para turistas. En él conocerá a Cay, una chica lesbiana, sin ambiciones, que trabaja en el casino. Ambas pasarán cada vez más tiempo juntas, consiguiendo que Vivian vuelva a sentir y vivir de nuevo.
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A documentary about hookers, housewives, and other mothers.
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An awe-inspiring surreal allegory of man's destruction of himself and his environment, expressed through haunting, superimposed images of overwhelming power and authority.
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16mm, color, 3 min. Dir. Donna Deitch.
An improvised late '60's short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett; done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals.
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16mm, color, 4 min. Dir. Donna Deitch.
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16mm, color, 4 min. Dir. Donna Deitch.
This documentary features the most gifted young directors of the 80's and 90's, revealing the secrets of their success in their craft.
