Biography

DG is known for her dynamic, award-winning vision powered by her extensive production experience. She is in post-production in 2021 on "Montana Amazon Redux" starring Olympia Dukakis and Alison Brie. In 2020 she directed the pilot for Big Picture Digital's comedy web series, "Perfect Women" starring Ashley Clements from the Emmy-awarded "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries." The pilot has since been invited to the Seattle and Moscow Comedy (GELOS) Film festivals. DG was selected as a Guest Director at the 2017 Los Angeles Beyond Fest for her work as a woman director and won Best Feature Director at the Los Angeles International Femme Festival for "Misadventures of the Dunderheads." The South Arts Foundation then selected her as a Best Narrative Director for a six-city screening/speaking tour with the film. "Misadventures" was subsequently picked up by Starz Entertainment, HuluPlus, the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and Artist View International. DG started her career directing children's episodic TV for the Fox Network, and young adult features including the 2006 Lions Gate release, "Rock 'N' Roll High School Forever" for the legendary producer, Roger Corman. Prior to directing, she was an in-demand "Film Doctor" Production Consultant on twenty-plus theatrical and TV features for Phoenix Pictures, Lions Gate, Warner Bros., the Syfy Channel, and Film Finances Inc. among others. Her work involved solving the problems of troubled features so they could be successfully distributed as well as premiered at the Cannes, Toronto, and Sundance Festivals. She never lost a patient.
- IMDb mini biography by: Big Picture Entertainment

First started making films at the age of fifteen.

The daughter of a chemist and a chemical engineer.

Attended UCLA.

Directed series TV as Debra Spelling.