American filmmaker, editor and producer.

Deborah HOFFMAN is a director, editor of documentaries. She won an Emmy for her work as editor for The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). She directed and edited Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (1994) and Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000, codirected with Frances REID), both of which were nominated for Oscars in the categories of short and documentary feature, respectively.

Deborah Hoffman has worked in the San Francisco Bay Area as a film and video editor for over 25 years, editing numerous internationally acclaimed documentaries. For her work on The Times Of Harvey Milk, she received a National Emmy, and the film received an Academy Award. Other documentaries she has edited include Marlon Riggs' Peabody Award-winning Color Adjustment, National Emmy winners Ethnic Notions and Men Who Molest, and Academy Award winner Common Threads, in which she was one of three editors. With her partner Frances Reid, Deborah directed Long Night's Journey Into Day: South Africa's Search For Truth And Reconciliation. This feature documentary won the Grand Jury Award at Sundance and received an Oscar® nomination as well as 20 other international awards.

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* http://ficcifestival.com/pelicula.php?p=XG3C6fwm1CJn9egB1nwASvgCXG3C6fwm&idi=en
* http://www.truelives.org/pg_complaints.html