Katherine Dieckmann

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Katherine Dieckmann (born 1961/62) [1] is an American film and music video director known for her work with R.E.M. in addition to the feature films A Good Baby (2000) and Diggers (2006). [2] [3]

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She is also known for having directed The Adventures of Pete & Pete , a cult children's television series on Nickelodeon. [4]

She was born in New York City to Herbert Dieckmann (1906–1986) and Jane Marsh Dieckmann (1933–2025). [5] [6] Dieckmann has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Vassar College and a Master of Arts in English from New York University. [7] She also took a 16 mm filmmaking course one summer at Cornell University, where she made a short film called I'm So Bored. This was her only directing experience before the R.E.M. song "Stand". [7]

Before becoming a filmmaker, she worked as a journalist and critic, [7] writing for outlets like Rolling Stone and Elle . [8]

In addition, she has taught screenwriting at Columbia University since the 1990s. [9]

She lives in the West Village of New York City with her husband, Brian Wallis, the chief curator and director of exhibitions at the International Center of Photography. They have two children, a son and a daughter. [1]

Filmography

Music videos

Films

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Penelope (July 11, 2004). "HABITATS/West Village; Two Apartments, Four Flights Up" . The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Reece, Chuck (August 7, 2017). "Katherine Dieckmann's Strange Southern Weather". The Bitter Southerner.
  3. ↑ Dieckmann, Katherine (August 14, 2014). "Katherine Dieckmann (Diggers) Talks John Cassavetes' Love Streams". Talkhouse.
  4. ↑ Eakin, Marah (March 2, 2012). "Inside The Adventures Of Pete And Pete reunion". The A.V. Club.
  5. ↑ "Jane Marsh Dieckmann Obituary - Ithaca Journal". ithacajournal.com. March 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Obituary information for Jane M. Dieckmann". www.hersonwagner.com.
  7. 1 2 3 Glasberg, Eve (March 26, 2015). "Literary Lion: 5 Questions with Screenwriter Katherine Dieckmann". Columbia News. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Sadikman, Lisa (October 2009). "A Conversation with Katherine Dieckmann". Literary Mama.
  9. ↑ "Katherine Dieckmann | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu.
  10. ↑ Dieckmann, Katherine (August 23, 1991). "On the set of Shiny Happy People". Entertainment Weekly.
  11. ↑ D'Ambra, Tony (January 15, 2010). "Your Ghost: "let him shoot me down"". Film Noir.
  12. ↑ Golden, Audrey (May 9, 2022). "Everything is a Rhythm and Melody: An Interview with Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave". Louder than War.
  13. ↑ Aubrey, Elizabeth (November 27, 2018). "Watch the eerie video for Sharon Van Etten's new song 'Jupiter 4'". NME.
  14. ↑ Brooks, Brian (April 28, 2007). ""Diggers" Director Katherine Dieckmann". IndieWire.
  15. ↑ Silverstein, Melissa (March 18, 2010). "Interview with Katherine Dieckmann, Director of 'Motherhood'". HuffPost.
  16. ↑ Nolfi, Joey (June 1, 2017). "'Strange Weather' Director: 'I'm Exhausted By' Hollywood's Portrayal Of Older Women". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  17. ↑ "katherine dieckmann". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved June 23, 2020.


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