Donna Deitch

Career Overview

Donna Deitch has 43 screen credits in a career dating back to 1968. Signature works include Desert Hearts, The Devil's Arithmetic, The Women of Brewster Place. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

43

Birth Date

1945-06-08

Birth Place

San Francisco, California, USA

Known For

• 

  Desert Hearts
• 

  The Devil's Arithmetic
• 

  The Women of Brewster Place
• 

  Common Ground
• 

  Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
• 

  A Change of Place

Frequent Collaborators

• Helen Shaver (2 collaborations)
• Brittany Murphy (2 collaborations)
• Mimi Rogers (2 collaborations)
• Aron Tager (2 collaborations)
• Caterina Scorsone (2 collaborations)
• Cicely Tyson (2 collaborations)
• Patricia Charbonneau (1 collaborations)
• Audra Lindley (1 collaborations)
• Andra Akers (1 collaborations)
• Gwen Welles (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (11 credits)

  • Directors on Directing (Part 2)

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Women in Love: Desert Hearts

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Angel on My Shoulder

    Self / Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Calling the Shots

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • As Kineastas

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Desert Hearts

    Hungarian Gambler

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Several Friends

    actor

    actors
    1969

• directing (27 credits)

  • The Glades

    - Magic Longworth (2013) ... director directing
    2010
  • Private Practice

    - Playing God (2010) ... director directing

    - Finishing (2009) ... director directing
    2007
  • Eureka

    - Sight Unseen (2007) ... director directing
    2006
  • Heroes

    - Nothing to Hide (2006) ... director directing
    2006
  • Grey's Anatomy

    - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked (2010) ... director directing
    2005
  • Bones

    - The Skull in the Desert (2006) ... director directing
    2005
  • Crossing Jordan

    - In Sickness & in Health (2007) ... director directing

    - Faith (2007) ... director directing

    - Shattered (2007) ... director directing

    - Thin Ice (2006) ... director directing

    - Dead Wives' Club (2003) ... director directing
    2001
  • Common Ground

    director

    directing
    2000
  • The Devil's Arithmetic

    director

    directing
    1999
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    - Mask (2011) ... director directing

    - Trophy (2010) ... director directing

    - Waste (2002) ... director directing
    1999
  • Judging Amy

    - Judging Eric (2003) ... director directing
    1999
  • Angel on My Shoulder

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer

    director

    directing
    1997
  • A Change of Place

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Criminal Passion

    director

    directing
    1994
  • ER

    - Home (1995) ... director directing

    - Full Moon, Saturday Night (1995) ... director directing
    1994
  • NYPD Blue

    - Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax (2003) ... director directing

    - Caulksmanship (1996) ... director directing

    - These Old Bones (1996) ... director directing

    - Torah! Torah! Torah! (1995) ... director directing

    - A Murder with Teeth in It (1995) ... director directing
    1993
  • Sexual Advances

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

    director

    directing
    1991
  • The Women of Brewster Place

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Desert Hearts

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Woman to Woman

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Portrait

    director

    directing
    1972
  • She Was A Visitor

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Memorabilia

    director

    directing
    1969
  • P. P.1

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Berkeley 12 to 1

    director

    directing
    1968

• writing (1 credits)

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    writer

    writing
    1998

• crew (1 credits)

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    cinematography

    crew
    1998

• production (3 credits)

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    producer

    production
    1998
  • Desert Hearts

    producer

    production
    1985
  • City City

    production designer

    production
    1974