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Deborah Hoffmann

Deborah Hoffmann

Known for

Directing

Born

October 17, 1947 (age 78)

Birthplace

New York

Biography

Deborah Hoffmann received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 for her documentary, Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter and again for Long Night's Journey into Day in 2000. She is widely acclaimed as editor of such classic documentaries as the Oscar winning The Times of Harvey Milk, Ethnic Notions, and Mullholland's Dream. She has received two National Emmys, a Peabody, a DuPont Columbia Award, and a Rockefeller Fellowship. Deborah has been a lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism since 2000. She has served on juries for the Sundance, San Francisco and Mill Valley Film Festivals and on the Independent Spirit Awards, and Gotham Awards. She is a member of the documentary branch...

Best known work

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984
Unrest

Unrest

2017
Ethnic Notions

Ethnic Notions

1986
Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

1992
Long Night's Journey into Day

Long Night's Journey into Day

2000
Straight from the Heart

Straight from the Heart

1994
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

1994
Skin Deep

Skin Deep

1995
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle

Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle

1999
Television: The Enchanted Mirror

Television: The Enchanted Mirror

1981

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Free Zone: Democracy Meets the Nuclear Threat

    Editor

  2. 2017

    Unrest

    Executive Producer

  3. 2000

  4. 1999

  5. 1997

    Cadillac DesertTV

    Editor

  6. 1995

    Skin Deep

    Editor

  7. 1994

    Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

    Director, Writer, Producer

  8. 1994

  9. 1993

  10. 1992

  11. 1986

  12. 1984

  13. 1984

  14. 1981

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