Mind’s Eye Productions

Deirdre Fishel is a director/producer whose documentaries and dramas have premiered in competition at Tribeca, SXSW, Sundance, AFI and Full Frame and been broadcast in 35 countries worldwide.

She is currently in production on a new documentary about women over 65 and sexualilty that uplifts the voices of a diverse group of amazing, irreverent older women and in so doing challenges pervasive ageist stereotypes.

Deirdre’s last documentary Women in Blue about women officers working to reform the Minneapolis Police Department in the years leading up to the murder of George Floyd was supported by ITVS, the Tribeca Institute, the InMaat Foundation and the Enterprise Fund and was broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens.

Previous work includes Care which looks at the poignant but hidden world of home elder care and the groundbreaking documentary STILL DOING IT: The Intimate Lives of Women Over 65, which was expanded into a book co-written with Diana Holtzberg. Deirdre also directed a web documentary Suicide on Campus produced in conjunction with The New York Times Magazine and the feature drama Risk that premiered at Sundance. Deirdre is a Professor and the Director of the BFA in Film/Video at the City College of New York.