Deborah Attoinese

Deborah Attoinese is an award winning director, producer and writer. Her work has been shown on Netflix, CineMax and Showtime and includes: Hollywood Pictures, Tri-Star Pictures, Curb Entertainment among others. Originally from New York Deborah began her career has a self-taught fashion photographer. Her signature style has appeared in the pages of Conde Nast Publications, The Sunday NY Times, Details Magazine and more. Her first short film garnered the attention of Propaganda Films and was selected by BackStage as one of NYC's photographer's to watch as they transitioned into directing. Deborah relocated to Los Angeles where she co-wrote and directed her first feature film ZOE, which screened throughout the USA and abroad including, AFI, Palm Springs etc. ON DIRECTING, Deborah's full length documentary and labor of love features iconic directors Agnes Varda, Wim Wenders, Roland Joffe and Bille August and is available on Fandor.com. Deborah wrote, directed and produced her next two award winning short films; SNAIL a whimsical romantic comedy and GIRL KNIGHT, an LGBTQ coming of film about two teenage misfits finding the courage to let their guard down. Deborah then directed and produced her award winning documentary PLAYING WITH FIRE currently on AMAZON which takes on sexual harassment and discrimination of female wildland firefighters in the male-dominated world of the U.S. Forest Service.

Deborah is currently developing WELCOME TO CONCRETE a limited series for television.

Format: Unscripted Features, Scripted Features

Genre: Documentary

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Winner Audience Award/Marina Del Rey Film Festival 2024

Winner Best Cinematographer Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival 2023

Winner Award of Merit Impact Doc Awards 2023

Winner Best Short Film Broad Humor Film Festival 2018

Winner San Francisco Film Award 2015