Feature debut, served as still photographer for "Billy Jack"

Filmaking debut, served as producer, director, cinematographer and editor on "Woman to Woman", a documentary "featurette"

Directed the ten-minute black-and-white short, "The Great Wall of Los Angeles", about the world's longest mural

Secured the film rights to Jane Rule's 1964 novel, "Desert of the Hearts"

Spent more than five years raising the budget for the film adaptation by throwing parties for affluent women and persuading them to contribute and selling $1000 units of the film to small investors and friends

Produced, directed and acted in "Desert Hearts", a landmark in the history of lesbian representation in American film

TV directing debut, helmed "The Women of Brewster Place", an ABC dramatic miniseries produced by and starring Oprah Winfrey

Directed "Esperanza", a segment of "Prison Stories: Women on the Inside" on "HBO Showcase"

Directed the direct-to-video erotic thriller "Criminal Passion"

Directed episodes of "NYPD Blue", "ER", and "Murder One"

Helmed the pilot for the ABC drama series "Second Noah"

Released documentary "Angel on My Shoulder" which profiled actress Gwen Welles during her battle with, and subsequent death from, cancer in 1993

Directed the Showtime drama "Common Ground"