Deborah Spera is an American television producer.

Career

She began her career at Eden Roc Films, where she worked on ''

What's Eating Gilbert Grape ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' is a 1993 American List of coming-of-age stories, coming-of-age drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C. Reilly and Darlene Cat ...

'' and ''

From Dusk till Dawn ''From Dusk till Dawn'' is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Tarantino, Ernest Liu, and Juliet ...

''. Spera spent eight years at

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, where she oversaw movies such as '' The Baby Dance'' (written and directed by Jane Anderson), '' Wild Iris'', '' 12 Angry Men'', '' Inherit the Wind'', '' On the Beach'' and ''Freak City'', and executive-produced the movie '' Fathers and Sons''. Prior to her tenure at Showtime, she was in features at Regency Films and worked on '' Guilty by Suspicion'', ''

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'', ''

Free Willy ''Free Willy'' is a 1993 American Adventure film, adventure Drama (film and television), drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by ...

'', ''

Under Siege ''Under Siege'' is a 1992 action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and written by J. F. Lawton. It stars Steven Seagal (who also produced the film), Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, and Erika Eleniak. Seagal plays Casey Ryback, a former ...

'' and ''

Sommersby ''Sommersby'' is a 1993 period romantic drama directed by Jon Amiel from a screenplay written by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, adapted from the historical account of the 16th century French peasant Martin Guerre. Based on the 1982 Fre ...

''. Spera began the television arm of the Mark Gordon Company in 2004 and served as President until 2011. During her tenure with

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she served as Executive Producer on ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...

'', '' Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'', ''Reaper'' and the Lifetime series ''

Army Wives ''Army Wives'' is an American drama television series that followed the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families. The series premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007, and ran for seven seasons, ending on June 9, 2013. The sh ...

'' until she left in 2011 to form her own company, One-Two Punch Productions. Spera served as Executive Producer on the first season of

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's ''

Finding Carter ''Finding Carter'' is an American teen drama television series that aired on MTV for two seasons from July 8, 2014, to December 15, 2015. The first season, which consisted of 12 episodes, finished airing in September 2014. A month after its deb ...

''. ''Call Your Daughter Home'' is her first novel.

Other credits

'' Witchcraft (1988 film)'' ''

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'', '' Deacons for Defense'', ''Conviction'', '' Run the Wild Fields'', ''Hard Science'', '' Power and Beauty'', '' 10,000 Black Men Named George'' and ''

''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spera, Deborah American television producers American women television producers American television executives American women television executives American film actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women