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

Career

As a television director, her credits include ''

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Emerald Point N.A.S. ''Emerald Point N.A.S'' is an American primetime soap opera created by ''Dynasty''s Richard and Esther Shapiro which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 26, 1983. The series revolved around the lives of personnel stationed on a naval air stati ...

'', '' Trapper John, M.D.'', '' Fame'', ''

Falcon Crest ''Falcon Crest'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired for nine seasons on CBS from December 4, 1981, to May 17, 1990. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the California ...

'', '' Homefront'', '' Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'', '' Babylon 5'', ''

Northern Exposure ''Northern Exposure'' is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It received 57 ...

'', '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', '' Picket Fences'' and ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...

''. 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 ''Knots Landing'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of ...

'', 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 ''Our Son, the Matchmaker'' is a 1996 American television film, made-for-television drama (film and television), drama film directed by Lorraine Senna, starring Ann Jillian and David Andrews (actor), David Andrews as a couple who are separated a ...

''. In 2006, she released her first theatrical film '' Paradise, Texas''. The following year, she released the film '' Americanizing Shelley'', her last credit to date.

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* American television directors American women film directors American women television directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{Tv-director-stub