Visual History with Victoria Hochberg
Interviewed by:Linda Feferman
Hochberg began her directing career working on ABC documentaries, followed by music videos for Boz Scaggs and The Eagles. She applied and was accepted to the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, honing her skills and directing two projects. A few years and many writing assignments later, she began directing specials, including Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story (1987), Jacob Have I Loved (1989) and Sweet 15 (1990). She has also directed episodic programs including Doogie Howser, M.D., Melrose Place, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Touched By an Angel, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Sex and the City, State of Grace, Kitchen Confidential, Ghost Whisperer and Reaper. She also directed the feature film Dawg (2002), starring Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley.
For her directorial efforts, Hochberg has won a Daytime Emmy and a DGA Award for Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story (1972), a Daytime Emmy for Sweet 15 (1990), and a DGA Award for Jacob Have I Loved (1989). She also received DGA Award nominations for her directorial work on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show and Sex and the City.
Hochberg is a founding member of the Women’s Steering Committee, and has served 11 terms on the National Board, as well as 16 terms on the Western Directors Council. She has also served on the Television Creative Committee, the Negotiating Committee, and was appointed as a Trustee to the Directors Guild Foundation. She is currently a member of the Special Projects Committee and chairs its Global Cinema subcommittee.
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Director Victoria Hochberg talks about how she creatively staged a scene with two characters in order to meet a time constraint while shooting an episode of Sex and the City.
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Director Victoria Hochberg talks about how she creatively staged a scene with two characters in order to meet a time constraint while shooting an episode of Sex and the City.


Hochberg reveals how she and a group of fellow female DGA members, who would found the Women's Steering Committee, compiled and presented data about the lack of representation of women as directors in the film industry.
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Hochberg reveals how she and a group of fellow female DGA members, who would found the Women's Steering Committee, compiled and presented data about the lack of representation of women as directors in the film industry.


Hochberg discusses the issue of directors receiving late scripts in episodic television and how the creative rights committee, of which she was a member worked together to address the problem.
Victoria Hochberg / Highlight 3
Hochberg discusses the issue of directors receiving late scripts in episodic television and how the creative rights committee, of which she was a member worked together to address the problem.