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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

Directors on Directing (Part 2)
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Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts
Self
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2017

Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts
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2017

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
6.5
2014

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
5.7
2006

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
5.2
2003

Angel on My Shoulder
Self / Narrator
10.0
1998

Calling the Shots
Self
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1988

As Kineastas
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1986

Desert Hearts
Hungarian Gambler
7.0
1985

Several Friends
5.0
1969