Dee Mosbacher
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Diane "Dee" Mosbacher, MD, PhD, (born January 13, 1949 in Houston, Texas
) is an American filmmaker, lesbian feminist activist, and psychiatrist
. In 1993, Mosbacher founded Woman Vision, a nonprofit organization to promote tolerance and equal treatment of all people through the production and use of educational media, including video.
To date, Mosbacher has directed or produced nine documentary films through Woman Vision, each having to do with LGBTQ or Women’s Rights issues. In 1994, Mosbacher directed and produced Straight From the Heart
, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Mosbacher is also a practicing psychiatrist.
shortly after. The film was nominated for an Academy Award
.
the documentary film
Training Rules
, an hour-long movie about Rene Portland
, a woman's basketball
coach from Penn State University. Portland allegedly banned lesbians from playing on her team. The film contains interviews with former athletes and faculty members at Penn State who say that Portland actively pursued and harassed members of her team whom she suspected to be gay
.
Training Rules has been shown in dozens of film festivals in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and has won three audience choice awards to date.
(1927 – 2010), who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under George H.W. Bush from 1989-1992. Mosbacher and her father had a close relationship despite the Republican Party's largely anti-gay position. In 1992, on a day when the two were both giving commencement speeches, she told a Washington Post reporter that she began her speech: "Dad and I had breakfast this morning. We looked at each other's speeches. He would have used mine but he's not a lesbian. I would have used his, but I'm not a Republican."
Mosbacher is married to Nanette Gartrell
, MD, a researcher, psychiatrist, and author of the 2008 book My Answer Is NO. . . . If That's Okay With You, a self-help book directed at women who have difficulties saying "NO."
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
) is an American filmmaker, lesbian feminist activist, and psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
. In 1993, Mosbacher founded Woman Vision, a nonprofit organization to promote tolerance and equal treatment of all people through the production and use of educational media, including video.
To date, Mosbacher has directed or produced nine documentary films through Woman Vision, each having to do with LGBTQ or Women’s Rights issues. In 1994, Mosbacher directed and produced Straight From the Heart
Straight from the Heart (1994 film)
Straight from the Heart is a 1994 short documentary film directed by Dee Mosbacher and co-directed by Frances Reid. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....
, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Mosbacher is also a practicing psychiatrist.
Oscar nomination for Straight from the Heart
In 1995, Mosbacher directed and produced Straight From the Heart, a documentary that explored relationships between straight parents and their gay children. The film includes emotional interviews with a straight couple that didn't approve of homosexuality and disowned their gay child, who died of AIDSAIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
shortly after. The film was nominated for an Academy Award
67th Academy Awards
The 67th Academy Awards, honoring the best films of 1994, were held on March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by well-known comedian and talk show host David Letterman....
.
Training Rules
In 2009, Mosbacher co-directed and co-produced with Fawn YackerFawn Yacker
Fawn Yacker is an American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer. In 2009, she co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed with director Dee Mosbacher a one-hour documentary film entitled Training Rules, about the controversial women's basketball program ran by Rene Portland at Pennsylvania State...
the documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Training Rules
Training Rules
Training Rules is a 63-minutes 2009 American award-winning documentary film co-produced and co-directed by Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker.The documentary, subtitled as No Drinking, No Drugs, No Lesbians is a Woman Vision film...
, an hour-long movie about Rene Portland
Rene Portland
Maureen Theresa "Rene" Muth Portland is an American former head women's college basketball coach known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Lady Lions basketball team. Her career resume includes 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000, five Big Ten Conference...
, a woman's basketball
Women's basketball
Women's basketball is one of the few women's sports that developed in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast , in large part via women's colleges...
coach from Penn State University. Portland allegedly banned lesbians from playing on her team. The film contains interviews with former athletes and faculty members at Penn State who say that Portland actively pursued and harassed members of her team whom she suspected to be gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
.
Training Rules has been shown in dozens of film festivals in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and has won three audience choice awards to date.
Personal life
Mosbacher is the daughter of the late Robert MosbacherRobert Mosbacher
Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. , was an American businessman, accomplished yacht racer, and a Republican politician. In sailing, Sports Illustrated called him "the unquestioned master of fleet racing." In business in 1954, he found a million-dollar field of natural gas in South Texas...
(1927 – 2010), who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under George H.W. Bush from 1989-1992. Mosbacher and her father had a close relationship despite the Republican Party's largely anti-gay position. In 1992, on a day when the two were both giving commencement speeches, she told a Washington Post reporter that she began her speech: "Dad and I had breakfast this morning. We looked at each other's speeches. He would have used mine but he's not a lesbian. I would have used his, but I'm not a Republican."
Mosbacher is married to Nanette Gartrell
Nanette Gartrell
Nanette Gartrell, MD, is an American psychiatrist, researcher, and writer. Gartrell is the author of over 50 research reports on topics ranging from medical student depression to lesbian mothers and their children to sexual exploitation of patients by healthcare professionals...
, MD, a researcher, psychiatrist, and author of the 2008 book My Answer Is NO. . . . If That's Okay With You, a self-help book directed at women who have difficulties saying "NO."
Filmography
- 1985: Closets are Health Hazards: Gay and Lesbian Physicians Come Out Director/Producer
- 1991: Lesbians on Practice, Patients, and Power Director/Producer
- 1994: Straight From the HeartStraight from the Heart (1994 film)Straight from the Heart is a 1994 short documentary film directed by Dee Mosbacher and co-directed by Frances Reid. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....
Director/Producer (with Frances ReidFrances Reid (director)Frances Reid is an American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer known for her documentaries. She has been in filmmaking for 3 decades. In 1994, she was nominated alongside director Dee Mosbacher for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....
and Deborah Hoffman) - 1995: Out for a Change: Addressing Homophobia in Women's Sports Director/Producer
- 1996: All God's ChildrenAll God's Children (film)All God's Children is a 1996 award winning documentary film by Sylvia Rhue, Frances Reid and Dee Mosbacher. It analyses relation between Christianity and sexual orientation in the context of the African American community. It tries to alleviate stigmatization of lesbians and gay men...
Director/Producer (with Sylvia Rhue and Frances Reid) - 2001: De Colores Executive Producer
- 2002: Radical Harmonies: The Story of Women's Music Director/Producer (with Boden Sandstrom and June Millington)
- 2006: No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Leon Co-Producer (with Joan Biren)
- 2009: Training RulesTraining RulesTraining Rules is a 63-minutes 2009 American award-winning documentary film co-produced and co-directed by Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker.The documentary, subtitled as No Drinking, No Drugs, No Lesbians is a Woman Vision film...
Director/Producer (with Fawn YackerFawn YackerFawn Yacker is an American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer. In 2009, she co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed with director Dee Mosbacher a one-hour documentary film entitled Training Rules, about the controversial women's basketball program ran by Rene Portland at Pennsylvania State...
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