Johanna Demetrakas
- Directing
Biography
Filmmaker and director Johanna Demetrakas has directed episodes of many television series including L.A. Law and Orde and Doogie Howser, M.D. She has also made award-winning film OUT OF LINE, starring Jennifer Beals, and the short film Homesick. She is also known for her award-winning documentaries and iconic feminist art films such as WOMANHOUSE and RIGHT OUT OF HISTORY. Most recently, Demetrakas directed a documentary focused on the arrival of Buddhism to the U.S. in the 70’s entitled CRAZY WISDOM. Demetrakas currently teaches cinematic arts at the University of Southern California.
Known for
Filmography
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking? · Producer, Director
- Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche · Editing, Producer
- Jimi Plays Berkeley · Assistant Editor
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony · Editing
- Out of Line · Director, Writer
- Bus Rider's Union · Director
- Some Nudity Required · Director, Writer
- Addicted to Love · Co-producer
- Tragic Consequences: Teenagers and Guns · Editorial Consultant
- Grandfather Sky · Editing
- Doogie Howser, M.D. · Director
- L.A. Law · Director
- Broken Rainbow · Consulting Editor, Sound Recordist
- In 'N Out · Editing
- American Playhouse · Director
- Right Out of History: The Making of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party · Director
- Nunzio · Editing
- Caged Heat · Editing
- Womanhouse · Director
- Celebration at Big Sur · Director, Editing