Tina Rathborne

{{short description|American film director}}

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Ernestine "Tina" Rathborne (born 1950) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film Zelly and Me, her feature film directorial debut.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/15/movies/review-film-tangled-childhood-in-zelly-and-me.html |title=Review/Film; Tangled Childhood in 'Zelly and Me' |first=Vincent |last=Canby |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 15, 1988 |accessdate=April 12, 2013}} Prior to this, she directed the television film The Joy That Kills (1984), which later became an episode of the anthology series American Playhouse.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/28/arts/tv-review-the-joy-that-kills-on-wnet.html |title=TV REVIEW;'THE JOY THAT KILLS,' ON WNET |first=John |last=Corry |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 28, 1985|accessdate=April 12, 2013}} Rathborne also went on to direct two episodes of the television series Twin Peaks ("Episode 3", "Episode 17").

Rathborne is an alumna of Harvard University.{{cite web|last=Rathborne |first=Tina |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/10/2/a-dragon-guarding-the-gate-pbabt/ |title=A Dragon Guarding the Gate | The Harvard Crimson |publisher=Thecrimson.com |date=1972-10-02 |accessdate=2013-04-12}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.learcenter.org/2011/03/look_a_woman.html |title=The Norman Lear Center |publisher=Blog.learcenter.org |date=2011-03-07 |accessdate=2013-04-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326065450/http://blog.learcenter.org/2011/03/look_a_woman.html |archivedate=2011-03-26 }} She was married to real estate developer and conservationist Philip Yardley DeNormandie from 1973 until their 1987 divorce.{{Cite news |date=1973-07-22 |title=L.I. Bridal for Tina Rathborne And Philip Y. De Normandie |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/22/archives/li-bridal-for-tina-rathborne-and-philip-y-de-normandie.html |access-date=2023-02-28 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Estes |first=Andrea |date=2023-02-25 |title=A high-stakes divorce battle over control of iconic Boston real estate — and a really expensive collection of duck decoys - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/25/metro/high-stakes-divorce-battle-over-control-iconic-boston-real-estate-really-expensive-collection-duck-decoys/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Aulisio |first=Peggy |title=Philip DeNormandie keeps a part of Fairhaven's agricultural past alive |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/advocate/2015/02/03/philip-denormandie-keeps-part-fairhaven/34800808007/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}} They later remarried and had two children. Their second divorce was filed in 2017 and finalized in 2023; Rathborne initiated both divorces.