by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Bethany Rooney

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BETHANY ROONEY worked in Bruce Paltrow’s office and thanks to the work of the Original Six and other activists in the 1970s who opened doors for women in the Industry she was asked to work for Paltrow’s seminal series St. Elsewhere.

She has gone on to direct for many, many television series since – and shares her knowledge about directing through her blog.

 More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!

Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
DGA
Interview 1
Interview 2
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Originals (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #4.2 (2017)
– Out of the Easy (2015)
– When the Levee Breaks (2015)

 2014-2016Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Wanted: Dead or Alive (2016)
– O Brother, Where Art Thou (2015)
– Scream for Me (2014)

 2014-2016Nashville (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– After You’ve Gone (2016)
– It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right (2014)

 2015-2016NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– The Third Man (2016)
– If It Bleeds, It Leads (2016)
– More Now (2015)

 2016Recovery Road (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Your Side of the Street (2016)

 2014-2016NCIS (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– React (2016)
– Lockdown (2015)
– Cabin Fever (2015)
– Grounded (2014)

 2013-2016Criminal Minds (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Hostage (2016)
– If the Shoe Fits (2014)
– Final Shot (2013)

 2013-2015Hart of Dixie (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Red Dye #40 (2015)
– Second Chance (2014)
– Who Says You Can’t Go Home (2013)
– The Kiss (2013)

 2015About a Boy (TV Series) (1 episode)

– About a Boy Becoming a Man (2015)

 2014Parenthood (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Scale of Affection Is Fluid (2014)
– Fraud Alert (2014)

 2014Murder in the First (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Family Matters (2014)

 2009-2014Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Hope and Glory (2014)
– Missed Congeniality (2013)
– Good Grief (2010)
– What If? (2009)

 2014Dallas (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Lifting the Veil (2014)

 2013Betrayal (TV Series) (1 episode)

– It’s Just You and Me Now… (2013)

 2013Arrow (TV Series) (1 episode)

– State vs Queen (2013)

 2013The Fosters (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Morning After (2013)

 2012-201390210 (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Call Girl (2013)
– Strange Brew (2013)
– The Sea Change (2012)
– Trust, Truth, and Traffic (2012)

 2012Scandal (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Spies Like Us (2012)

 2011-2012Switched at Birth (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– The Trial (2012)
– Write a Lonely Soldier (2012)
– Dogs Playing Poker (2011)

 2008-2012Private Practice (TV Series) (5 episodes)

– Good Grief (2012)
– Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough (2011)
– Blind Love (2011)
– Best Laid Plans (2010)
– Worlds Apart (2008)

 2012Political Animals (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)

– Second Time Around (2012)

 2012The Client List (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Life of Riley (2012)

 2010-2012Make It or Break It (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Truth Be Told (2012)
– And the Rocky Goes To… (2010)

 2009-2012In Plain Sight (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Drag Me to Hell (2012)
– A Womb with a View (2011)
– Death Becomes Her (2010)
– Who’s Bugging Mary? (2009)

 2012GCB (TV Series) (1 episode)

– A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (2012)

 2011Revenge (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Suspicion (2011)

 2011The Protector (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Bangs (2011)

 2011Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Living Proof (2011)

 2009-2011Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Never Say Never (2011)
– Home is Where the Fort Is (2011)
– Scandalized (2011)
– An Ideal Husband (2010)
– If You Bake It, He Will Come (2010)
Show all 8 episodes

 2010Castle (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind (2010)

 2010Hellcats (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Beale St. After Dark (2010)

 2009Melrose Place (TV Series) (1 episode)

– San Vicente (2009)

 2009The Cleaner (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Path of Least Resistance (2009)

 2009Weeds (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Van Nuys (2009)

 2009Eli Stone (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Tailspin (2009)

 2009Ugly Betty (TV Series) (1 episode)

– There’s No Place Like Mode (2009)

 2008The Starter Wife (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Diary of a Mad Ex-Housewife (2008)

 2007-2008Las Vegas (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast (2008)
– Junk in the Trunk (2007)

 2007Grey’s Anatomy (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Haunt You Every Day (2007)

 2005-2007South of Nowhere (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Valley of the Shadows (2007)
– Secret Truths (2005)

 2000-2007Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Lorelai? Lorelai? (2007)
– That’s What You Get, Folks, for Makin’ Whoopee (2006)
– Forgiveness and Stuff (2000)

 2005-2007Crossing Jordan (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– Sleeping Beauty (2007)
– Isolation (2007)
– Mace vs. Scalpel (2006)
– The Elephant in the Room (2006)
– Enlightenment (2005)
Show all 6 episodes

 2006-2007What About Brian (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– What About Secret Lovers… (2007)
– What About True Confessions? (2006)

 2005-2006One Tree Hill (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Can’t Stop This Thing We’ve Started (2006)
– Return of the Future (2006)
– What Could Have Been (2005)
– Between Order and Randomness (2005)

 2006Windfall (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Answered Prayers (2006)

 2006Everwood (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Foreverwood: Part 1 (2006)

 2006Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Nicknames and Shyness (2006)

 2004-2005Unfabulous (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– The Information (2005)
– The List of Kissed (2005)
– The 66th Day (2005)
– The Rep (2004)
– The Pink Guitar (2004)
Show all 8 episodes

 2005Inconceivable (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Last Straw

 2005Joan of Arcadia (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Spring Cleaning (2005)

 2002-2004Soul Food (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– We Plan (2004)
– Two to Tango (2004)
– Emotional Collateral (2002)

 2002-2004Boston Public (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Chapter Seventy-Eight (2004)
– Chapter Fifty-Nine (2003)
– Chapter Thirty-Eight (2002)

 2002-2003Dawson’s Creek (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Love Bites (2003)
– Spiderwebs (2002)

 2002-2003She Spies (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– First Date (2003)
– Ice Man (2002)
– Poster Girl (2002)

 1996-2002Touched by an Angel (TV Series) (12 episodes)

– Remembering Me: Part 1 (2002)
– Heaven’s Portal (2001)
– Holy of Holies (2001)
– The Penalty Box (2001)
– Legacy (2000)
Show all 12 episodes

 2000-2002Ally McBeal (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– All of Me (2002)
– The New Day (2002)
– Queen Bee (2001)
– Love on Holiday (2000)

 2000Ed (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Home Is Where the Ducks Are (2000)
 2000Just Deal (TV Series) (pilot episode)

 1999Jack & Jill (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Men Will Be Boys (1999)

 1999Snoops (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Constitutions (1999)
 1999The Promise (TV Movie)

 1998-1999Hyperion Bay (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Young and on Fire (1999)
– Some Common Words and Phrases (1998)
– Family Business (1998)

 1996-1998Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) (5 episodes)

– Birdman (1998)
– The Comfort of Friends (1997)
– All That Matters (1997)
– Before the Dawn (1997)
– Having It All (1996)

 1990-1997Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) (14 episodes)

– Aloha Beverly Hills: Part 2 (1997)
– Aloha Beverly Hills: Part 1 (1997)
– Storm Warning (1997)
– Lover’s Leap (1995)
– Stormy Weather (1995)
Show all 14 episodes
 1997When Innocence Is Lost (TV Movie)
 1996She Cried No (TV Movie)
 1996Full Circle (TV Movie)
 1996Remembrance (TV Movie)
 1995Mixed Blessings (TV Movie)

 1994-1995Picket Fences (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Close Encounters (1995)
– My Left Shoe (1994)

 1993-1994Sisters (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Scandalous (1994)
– Chemical Reactions (1994)
– Broken Angel (1993)

 1992-1994Melrose Place (TV Series) (5 episodes)

– Parting Glances (1994)
– Flirting with Disaster (1993)
– A Melrose Place Christmas (1992)
– My Way (1992)
– Leap of Faith (1992)

 1993Class of ’96 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Howie Farr Is Too Far (1993)
– Bright Smoke, Cold Fire (1993)

 1991-1992Dream On (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Martin Over Medium (1992)
– The Rocky Marriage Picture Show (1992)
– Red All Over (1992)
– What Women Want (1992)
– May Divorce Be with You (1992)
Show all 8 episodes

 1992Home Fires (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Sibling Revelry (1992)
 1991K-9 (TV Movie)

 1991WIOU (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Three Women and a Baby (1991)
– Labored Relations (1991)

 1990Ferris Bueller (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Stand-In Deliver (1990) … (as Beth Rooney Hillshafer)
– Custodian of the People (1990) … (as Beth Rooney Hillshafer)

 1990Elvis (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Bodyguards (1990)
– Sun Sessions (1990)

 1989The Wonder Years (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Wayne on Wheels (1989) … (as Beth Hillshafer)
– Coda (1989) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

 1989CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)

– American Nuclear (1989) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

 1988-1989Hooperman (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Sure Thing (1989) … (as Beth Hillshafer)
– Baby on Board (1988) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

 1989Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Brothers (1989)

 1988-1989TV 101 (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Clicks (1989) … (as Beth Hillshafer)
– On the Road (1989) … (as Beth Hillshafer)
– Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Teenagers (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1988) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

 1988Dear John (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Hello/Goodbye (1988) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

 1988China Beach (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Hot Spell (1988) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

 1988Eisenhower & Lutz (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Take My Ex-Wife, Please (1988) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

 1985-1988St. Elsewhere (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Final Cut (1988) … (as Beth Hillshafer)
– Brand New Bag (1986) … (as Beth Hillshafer)
– Black’s Magic (1986) … (as Beth Hillshafer)
– Watch the Skies (1985) … (as Beth Hillshafer)

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