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Deborah Romare

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Deborah Romare and Vincent J. Wiley
Deborah began her career as a child actress in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Guthrie Theater in such stage productions as A Christmas Carol and The Taming of the Shrew.

As a teenager, Deborah moved with her family to Los Angeles and immediately began working as an actress in feature films and television: Straight Time with Dustin Hoffman, Lepke with Tony Curtis and in various MOWs including Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid and the television series Happy Days.

She then moved behind the camera into film editorial and was fortunate to work with such directors as Francis Ford Coppola, Caleb Deschanel and Wim Wenders while at Hollywood's Zoetrope Studios. Deborah worked closely with Mr. Coppola and his son, Gio in the first video film-to-tape editing system on Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart, The Escape Artist and Hammett. Deborah was a film editor on the Emmy Award-winning television series China Beach, co-editing the series finale.

Deborah met Blake Edwards while working in editorial on feature films such as Victor, Victoria, The Man Who Loved Women, and Micki and Maude. Blake mentored Deborah as a screenwriter and her first feature screenplay was optioned by Columbia Pictures. She continued honing her craft in writing then directed her first feature film at the age of 30.

As a screenwriter, Deborah wrote and developed feature film scripts for New Star Entertainment, MGM Studios, Viacom, Universal and 20th Century Fox Studios.

Deborah began her producing career with the Emmy Award-winning Anne Frank: The Whole Story for ABC television and at Disney and Warner Bros. where she post produced numerous movie-of-the-week and pilot productions.

Deborah co-wrote and co-directed Patients, a television sitcom pilot with her writer/producer partner Vincent J. Wiley which led to them forming their production company, 19th Day Pictures.

Deborah co-wrote the feature animated screenplay, Vincent the Artist which will be animated in India. The anticipated release date of the animated feature film will be fall of 2022. They created a 4-minute multi-award-winning animated short that can be viewed online.

Their first in a series of three children's picture books is available online, at Amazon and in book stores worldwide.

Deborah also manages screenwriters through her management arm at 19th Day Management.
BornApril 19, 1956
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    Known for

    Vincent the Artist (2023)
    Vincent the Artist
    • Writer
    • 2023
    Ben Kingsley, Tatjana Blacher, and Hannah Taylor Gordon in Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
    Anne Frank: The Whole Story
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Management
    China Beach (1988)
    China Beach
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Editor

    Credits

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    Producer



    • The History of Women
      • producer
      • Production Unknown



    • United Angels Investors (2017)
      United Angels Investors
      TV Series
      • executive producer (2017-)
      • 2017
    • Margo Harshman in The Muppets: First Look Presentation (2015)
      The Muppets: First Look Presentation
      7.2
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2015
    • Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and Eric Jacobson in The Muppets. (2015)
      The Muppets.
      7.5
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2015
    • Katherine Heigl and Alexandra Breckenridge in Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005)
      Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
      4.0
      TV Movie
      • associate producer (as Deborah Sahagun)
      • 2005
    • Patients (2004)
      Patients
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • Nancy Drew (2002)
      Nancy Drew
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • associate producer (as Deborah Romare Sahagun)
      • 2002
    • Graham Beckel in The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002)
      The Pennsylvania Miners' Story
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • associate producer (as Deborah Sahagun)
      • 2002

    Writer



    • The History of Women
      • writer (as Deborah Sahagun)
      • Production Unknown



    • Vincent the Artist (2023)
      Vincent the Artist
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Patients (2004)
      Patients
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2004

    Director



    • Patients (2004)
      Patients
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)
      Frankenstein General Hospital
      3.7
      • directed by (as Deborah Roberts)
      • 1988

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Company Site
    • Alternative names
      • Deborah Blanchette
    • Born
      • April 19, 1956
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    • Spouse
      • Steve SahagunJuly 1, 1995 - present

    Did you know

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      At the age of 15, Deborah met director Elia Kazan at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Kazan urged Deborah to come to Hollywood.

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