After directing dramatic television for over 30 years, it’s a dream come true that LILLY, the debut feature film that I wrote and directed, starring the brilliant, Oscar nominated actor Patricia Clarkson, is NOW STREAMING on NETFLIX.

Molly Haskell called LILLY, “One magnificent movie” and adds, “Patricia Clarkson was born to play Lilly Ledbetter.” Also starring John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski, this spectacular cast exceeded what had lived in my imagination for so long.

I directed the pilot and first season of the Netflix series “The Baxters,” and multiple episodes of “Blue Bloods,” “The Rookie,” and “Criminal Minds.” Starting out at a time when very few directors working in television were women, I’m indebted to Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley for giving me breaks on “Doogie Howser” and “Picket Fences.”

Currently in development with features and series, my projects are always female-forward, challenging the status quo. Screenplays have been produced by Lifetime, optioned by Double Nickel Entertainment, Marc Platt Productions, Mark Canton, Lakeshore Entertainment, eOne and ABCFamily. KINKS, my pilot thriller about a sex therapist working undercover to entrap a serial rapist, won ScreenCraft’s Best Pilot, WGA Best Spec Pilot, Breaking Through the Lens and CannesSeries.

My first studio jobs were as the storyboard artist for well-known directors. My earliest professional experiences were as a child actor, where I fell in love with being on set, creating “make-believe” worlds. Degrees are from Sarah Lawrence College, Parsons School of Design and NYU Grad Film.

I’ve devoted my creative life to mastering the tapestry of skills required to transform ideas into cinematic, emotional experience. From the Bronx, I’m forged with a New York state of mind, despite having lived in L.A. for more than half my life. The third child and only girl born to first generation Americans, my perspective is imbued with a birthright sensitivity to societal hierarchies that’s led to a fascination with justice. I believe in the power of story to affect culture.