Lorraine Senna

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Lorraine Senna
Other namesLorraine Senna Ferrara
Lorraine S. Ferrara
Lorraine Senna Ferrera
OccupationFilm director, television director
Years active1978–2007

Lorraine Senna (sometimes credited as Lorraine Senna Ferrara) is an American film and television director.

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Career

As a television director, her credits include Dynasty , Emerald Point N.A.S. , Trapper John, M.D. , Fame , Falcon Crest , Homefront , Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman , Babylon 5 , Northern Exposure , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , Picket Fences and The Sopranos . [1] She is the only woman who ever directed any episode of "The Sopranos." From 1978 to 1982, she was an assistant director on a few television films and the series Knots Landing , making her head directorial debut on that series.

From 1996 to 2005, she directed a number of television films, beginning with Our Son, the Matchmaker . In 2006, she released her first theatrical film Paradise, Texas . [2] The following year, she released the film Americanizing Shelley , her last credit to date.

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References

  1. "Lorriane Senna credits". Yahoo! TV. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  2. Parks, Louis B. (April 28, 2006). "Paradise, Texas". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 30, 2012.