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Donna Bertaccini
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Donna Maria Bertaccini Molesworth is an Italian-Jewish American journalist, director, and producer. She is known for her contributions to a variety of broadcast media outlets and publications such as ABC, BBC, ITV, NBC, MTV, National Geographic, PBS, Discovery Channel, CNN, The History Channel, and other foreign outlets. She has interviewed and covered world leaders such as Margaret Thatcher and several American presidents, senators, governors, and Prime Ministers, including Princess Diana's visit to New York City in 1989, and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Barbados in 1989 for both film and television. This includes Desaparecidos, a film about the forced disappearances of Chilean activists, and segments on ITV's Tonight, about , and privacy laws. She has produced and directed segments of television episodes in Autopsy: The Last Hours of..., a television show about tragic and controversial deaths of celebrities, and a variety of other television series. She has an extensive career as a sound director. Bertaccini also holds membership to several professional guilds, such as BAFTA, ATAS, SAG, NABET and the New York Press Club. Career in Journalism and Television Journalism Donna Bertaccini graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with her BFA in Film and Television and holds an MS in Journalism from Columbia University. She has a prolific career as an independent journalist, covering topics in politics, business, entertainment, music, and science and Christopher Bryon's Testosterone Inc: Tales of CEOs Gone Wild. Her work as a female director has also been featured in several books and publications. She is currently writing a book examining China's One Child Policy, chronicling her family’s search for their adopted Chinese daughter’s biological parents. Filmography Donna Bertaccini has directed and produced material for television and independent films. She also has an extensive career in the sound department. As A Director * Autopsy: The Last Hours of... (1 episode): Natalie Cole (2018) Second Unit Director * Elton John: The Nation's Favorite Song (2017) Second Unit Director *Today Tonight (1 episode): dated 18 December 2012, Second Unit Director * This Week (1 episode:) dated 8 November 2012, Segment Director * Sunrise (1 episode) dated 31 October 2011, Second Unit Director * Tonight (2 episodes) ** News International Phone Hacking Inquiry (2011) Second Unit Director ** Privacy Laws (2010) Second Unit Director As A Producer * Breaking the Band (2 episodes) **Sonny & Cher (2018) field producer **Van Halen (2018) field producer *Autopsy, The Last Hours of... (8 episodes) field producer **Natalie Cole (2018) **Miles Davis (2018) **Muhammad Ali (2018) **Andy Warhol (2018) **Mary Tyler Moore (2018) **Mindy McCready (2018) **James Gandolfini (2018) **Dennis Wilson (2017) **Kurt Cobain (2017) **Judy Garland (2017) **Steve McQueen (2017) **Notorious B.I.G (2016) **Rodney King (2016) **Donda West (2016) **Jim Morrison (2016) **Philip Seymour Hoffman (2016) **Phil Hartman (2016) **Joan Rivers (2015) **Heath Ledger (2015) **Marilyn Monroe (2015) **Robin Williams (2015) **Karen Carpenter (2014) * Danny Boy: The Ballad that Bewitched the World (2013) Field Producer * Today Tonight (1 episode): dated 8 November 2012 Field Producer * Superstorm New York: What Really Happened (2012) Field Producer * This Week (1 episode): dated 8 November 2012 Field Producer *Super Smart Animals (1 episode): Episode #1.1 (2012) Field Producer *Live Like an Animal (1 episode) Giant Wasps (2012) Field Producer *The Year the Earth Went Wild (2011) Field Producer *Red Sea Jaws (2012) Field Producer *The Asian DIaspora: More or Less Chinese (2010) Associate Producer *Body in Numbers (2008) Field Producer *50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) Field Producer *Sunrise (2002) Field Producer *Missing Persons (1980) Producer * Sound Department (selected) *Frontline (9 episodes) ** The Age of AIDS (2006) sound mixer ** Death of a Princess (2005) sound mixer ** Karl Rove: The Architect (2005) sound mixer ** The Invasion of Iraq (2004) sound mixer ** Blair's War (2003) sound mixer ** The Man Who Knew (2002) sound mixer ** Gunning for Saddam (2001) sound mixer ** Spying on Saddam (1999) sound mixer ** The Gulf War: Part 1 (1996) * Basquiat: Rags to Riches (2017) sound recordist *Horizon (3 episodes) ** Surviving a Car Crash (2011) sound ** Asteroids: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2010) sound ** How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? (2009) sound ** Battle of the Brains (2007) sound mixer * Edgar Allan Poe: Love, Death, and Women (2010) sound mixer * Nova (1 episode): Mt. St. Helens Back from the Dead (2010) sound * Revealed (1 episode): The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (2008) * The Blair Years (2 episodes) ** Blair in Power (2007) sound recordist ** Blair at War (2007) sound recordist * My Brilliant Brain (1 episode): Born Genius (2007) sound recordist * Global Warming: What You Need to Know (2006) sound mixer * Live 8: A Bittersweet Symphony (2005) sound mixer * Live 8: Twenty Years Ago Today (2005) * Shell Shock (2004) sound mixer * Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (3 episodes) ** The New Rules of the Game (2002) sound mixer ** The Battle of Ideas (2002) sound mixer ** The Agony of Reform (2002) sound mixer * Panorama (4 episodes) ** The Mobile Mystery (1999) sound mixer ** Secrets, Spies and Videotape (1999) sound mixer ** An Interview with HRH the Princess of Wales (1995) sound mixer ** The Dream that Fell Out of the Sky (1986) sound mixer * People's Century: 1900-1999 (1995) location sound mixer * Omnibus (1 episode) Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen (1988) film recordist * ABC News Nightline (1 episode) dated 20 July 2007 sound mixer * NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970) multiple episodes, sound mixer * Film 2017 (1971) sound mixer 1983-1989 * Newsnight (multiple episodes) location sound mixer Personal Life Donna Bertaccini is married to Mark Molesworth, who runs a film and television production company based in New York City. They have three children, Willem, Pietro, and Soleil. Her father, Paul Amerigo Francis Bertaccini was a New York based financial advisor and World War II veteran. Her mother, Barbara Ann Levy Bertaccini, was a writer and the chairperson of the English department at the Freeport Senior High School. She holds dual Italian U.S. citizenship. 
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