Howard Roy Deutch (born September 14, 1950) is an American film and television director who worked with filmmaker

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, directing two of Hughes's best-known screenplays, ''

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'' and '' Some Kind of Wonderful''. Since 2011, he has primarily directed television productions, including multiple episodes of '' Getting On'' and ''

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''.

Early life and career

Deutch was born in New York City. His parents are Pamela (née Wolkowitz) and Murray Deutch, a music executive and publisher. His uncle is actor

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(who is his mother's brother). Deutch was raised in a

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family. He graduated from

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and attended

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. He began his career in the advertising department of

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, where his father was company president. Deutch directed music videos for performers such as

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(" Flesh for Fantasy") and

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"). Deutch's feature-length directorial debut was the

-penned

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film ''

''. His next two directorial efforts were also written by Hughes: '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' and '' The Great Outdoors''. Deutch has directed three sequels to films he did not direct: '' Grumpier Old Men'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. During a hiatus from features, he directed episodic television, including two installments of ''

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'' and the pilot episode of ''

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''. Deutch directed his wife in four episodes of ''

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'', and his daughter Zoey in one episode of ''

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''. In 2022, Deutch directed the Lifetime TV film '' Buried in Barstow''.

Personal life

Deutch met his wife, actress

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, during the filming of ''Some Kind of Wonderful''; she was also featured in ''

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'', his first feature venture without Hughes. They have two daughters,

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and

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, both of whom are actresses. Deutch teaches the Saturday advanced acting and directing class at the

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Awards

* Nominated for DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television in 2003 for ''Gleason'' (2002)Howard Deutch
/ref> * Earned a CableACE Award for his direction of an episode of the

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series ''Tales From the Crypt'' entitled Dead Right.

Filmography

Film * 1986: ''

'' * 1987: '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' * 1988: '' The Great Outdoors'' * 1992: ''

'' * 1994: ''

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'' * 1995: '' Grumpier Old Men'' * 1998: ''

'' * 2000: '' The Replacements'' * 2004: ''

'' * 2008: '' My Best Friend's Girl'' TV series * 1989–1990: ''

'' * 1992: ''

'' * 1995–1998: ''

'' * 2002: ''

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'' * 2011: ''

Life Unexpected ''Life Unexpected'' is an American teen drama television series that aired for two seasons from January 18, 2010 to January 18, 2011. It was produced by Best Day Ever Productions and Mojo Films in association with CBS Productions and Warner Bro ...

'' * 2011: ''

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'' * 2011: '' Hung'' * 2012: ''

'' * 2012–2013: ''

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'' * 2012: ''

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'' * 2013: '' CSI: NY'' * 2013: '' American Horror Story: Coven'' * 2013: '' Getting On'' * 2013–2014: ''

'' * 2014: '' American Horror Story: Freak Show'' * 2015–2016: ''

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'' * 2015–2016: '' CSI: Cyber'' * 2015: ''

The Lizzie Borden Chronicles ''The Lizzie Borden Chronicles'' is an American television limited series following Lizzie Borden after she is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in 1892. It premiered on Lifetime on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, and ended o ...

'' * 2015: ''

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'' * 2016–2017: '' Outcast'' * 2017–2018: ''

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'' * 2017: ''

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'' * 2017–2020: ''

Young Sheldon ''Young Sheldon'' is an American sitcom television series created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro which aired on CBS from September 25, 2017, to May 16, 2024. The series is a Spin-off (media), spin-off prequel to ''The Big Bang Theory'' that ...

'' * 2019: ''

Proven Innocent ''Proven Innocent'' is an American legal drama television series created by David Elliot, which premiered on February 15, 2019, on Fox. The series follows the employees of a wrongful conviction law firm and stars Rachelle Lefevre, Russell Hornsb ...

'' * 2019: ''

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'' * 2020: '' Filthy Rich'' * 2023–2025: ''

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'' TV movies * 2002: '' Gleason'' * 2022: ''Buried in Barstow''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deutch, Howard 1950 births Film directors from New York City Jewish American film people 20th-century American Jews American television directors American comedy film directors American fantasy film directors American horror film directors George W. Hewlett High School alumni Living people Ohio State University alumni People from The Five Towns, New York 21st-century American Jews