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

Career

As a television director, her credits include ''

Dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

'', '' Emerald Point N.A.S.'', ''

Trapper John, M.D. ''Trapper John, M.D.'' is an American medical drama television series and spin-off of the film ''M*A*S*H'' (1970). Pernell Roberts portrayed the title character, a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, Californ ...

'', '' Fame'', '' Falcon Crest'', '' Homefront'', ''

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' is an American Western drama television series created and executive produced by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour, who plays Dr. Michaela Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of adventure in the O ...

'', ''

Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tele ...

'', '' Northern Exposure'', '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', ''

Picket Fences ''Picket Fences'' is an American family drama television series about the residents of the town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS televis ...

'' and ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...

''. 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 Paradise is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 475 in 2020. According to tradition, the area was a cowboy's "paradise", hence the name. In 1985, Blue Bell Ice Cream filmed a television commercial in Paradise, TX. T ...

''. The following year, she released the film ''

Americanizing Shelley ''Americanizing Shelley'' is a 2007 Hollywood romantic comedy film directed by Lorraine Senna and starring Beau Bridges, Namrata Singh Gujral, Shaheen Khan, Wil Wheaton, Noureen DeWulf, Tony Yalda, and Ajay Mehta. The film was the closing film of ...

'', 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