GWEN ARNER is a television director who also worked as an actor.
She directed for television and the stage for over twenty years. Back in 1996 in a Los Angeles Times article she commented about the prospect for women directing in film and theatre, “It’s opened up a lot now, but it’s still not as good as it should be. It just doesn’t make sense statistically. When you go into a university and [you see a] 50-50 [gender ratio] in all your creative classes and then you get out into the profession and the ratio drops dramatically, you know there’s something wrong. … It doesn’t have to do with a person’s talent or abilities.”
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Where to watch her films:
AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)
Read more about her:
ONLINE
FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) (12 episodes)
1996Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) (1 episode)
1994The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) (1 episode)
1992-1993Sisters (TV Series) (4 episodes)
1991-1993The Commish (TV Series) (4 episodes)
1993Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) (1 episode)
1991The Trials of Rosie O’Neill (TV Series) (1 episode)
1990The Outsiders (TV Series) (1 episode)
1989-1990Alien Nation (TV Series) (2 episodes)
1989Heartbeat (TV Series) (1 episode)
1988Hotel (TV Series) (1 episode)
1982-1987Dynasty (TV Series) (11 episodes)
1986The Colbys (TV Series) (4 episodes)
1982-1986Falcon Crest (TV Series) (9 episodes)
1984Dallas (TV Series) (6 episodes)
1984American Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)
1983Fame (TV Series) (1 episode)
1982King’s Crossing (TV Series) (1 episode)
1981Nurse (TV Series) (1 episode)
1979-1980Family (TV Series) (2 episodes)
1977-1980The Waltons (TV Series) (13 episodes)
1978The Paper Chase (TV Series) (1 episode)
1978The Bionic Woman (TV Series) (1 episode)