She learned her craft by doing continuity for over 15 years on feature films and working with directors as diverse as Gerald Diamiano, Richard Attenborough, Karel Reisz, Paul Schrader, Jonathan Demme, and Taylor Hackford.
She also worked on Mountainview, a dance film directed by John Sayles and choreographed by Marta Renzi for “Alive From Off Center”.
[citation needed] She teamed up with Jordan Cronenweth and Jonathan Demme as a visual consultant to establish the innovative textural elements for the landmark film Stop Making Sense.
[citation needed] Her next film was Doll Day Afternoon, a short she directed for Saturday Night Live.
She produced, directed, and co-wrote segments of an AIDS awareness project aired by CBS titled Red Hot + Blue.