Lorraine Senna

{{short description|American film and television director}}

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Lorraine S. Ferrara
Lorraine Senna Ferrera

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| occupation = Film director, television director

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Lorraine Senna (sometimes credited as Lorraine Senna Ferrara) is an American film and television director.

Career

As a television director, her credits include Dynasty, Emerald Point N.A.S., Trapper John, M.D., Fame, Falcon Crest, Homefront, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Babylon 5, Northern Exposure, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Picket Fences and The Sopranos.{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/934842/credits;_ylt=AtwI7SOaazyZsB6Q3T5ng6S.o9EF |title=Lorriane Senna credits|publisher=Yahoo! TV|access-date=January 30, 2012}} She is the only woman who ever directed any episode of The Sopranos. From 1978 to 1982, she was an assistant director on a few television films and the series Knots Landing, making her head directorial debut on that series.

From 1996 to 2005, she directed a number of television films, beginning with Our Son, the Matchmaker. In 2006, she released her first theatrical film Paradise, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/reviews/3807951.html|title=Paradise, Texas | work=Houston Chronicle |date=April 28, 2006|access-date=January 30, 2012|last=Parks|first=Louis B.}} The following year, she released the film Americanizing Shelley, her last credit to date.

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