Victoria Hochberg
Victoria Hochberg | |
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Born | Victoria Greene Hochberg December 24, 1952[1] |
Alma mater | Antioch College, B.A. 1974 |
Occupation | Film, television director, writer |
Years active | 1975–present |
Victoria Greene Hochberg (born December 24, 1952) is an American film and television director and writer. She was one of the Original Six, a group of women directors who created the Women’s Steering Committee of the Director’s Guild of America, to protest against gender discrimination in Hollywood.[2]
Education[]
Victoria Greene Hochberg graduated from Antioch College in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
Career[]
She directed episodes of Doogie Howser, M.D., The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Touched by an Angel, Models Inc., Melrose Place, Central Park West, Ally McBeal, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Sex and the City,[3] Cold Feet, Tucker, The Chris Isaak Show, State of Grace, Kitchen Confidential, Ghost Whisperer, Notes from the Underbelly and Reaper. As well as writing I Married a Centerfold[4] and four episodes of the series
Hochberg's 1975 short documentary Metroliner was preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in conjunction with New York Women in Film & Television, in 2015.[5]
Hochberg has won two Daytime Emmy Awards for directing ABC Afterschool Special: Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story (1988) and the PBS television film Sweet 15 (1990).[6] She has directed music videos for the Eagles and Boz Scaggs.[6]
In 2002, she directed the film Dawg starring Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley.
References[]
- ^ "Victoria Hochberg Biography at". Filmreference.com. 1952-12-24. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
- ^ Syme, Rachel (February 26, 2016). "The Original Six: The Story of Hollywood's Forgotten Feminist Crusaders". Pacific Standard. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "Victoria Hochberg". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "I Married A Centerfold". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "A Conversation with Director/Writer Victoria Hochberg" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-03-14.
External links[]
- 1952 births
- American film directors
- American music video directors
- American television directors
- American television writers
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- American women film directors
- Women television directors
- Living people
- American women screenwriters
- American women television writers
- Directors Guild of America Award winners
- Antioch College alumni