---
name: "Lorraine Senna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lorraine-senna"
fi1m_id: "lorraine-senna"
imdb_id: "nm0784388"
tmdb_id: 534087
wikidata_id: "Q1870399"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "3 May 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T07:03:11.555035+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lorraine Senna

## Identity

Lorraine Senna

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lorraine-senna
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lorraine-senna
- **IMDb ID:** nm0784388
- **TMDB ID:** 534087
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1870399
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Senna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1870399, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/534087

Director. Born 3 May 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 3 May 1950
- **Active:** 1990–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Schneider](https://film.one/person/andrew-schneider.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [David Chase](https://film.one/person/david-chase.md), [Diane Frolov](https://film.one/person/diane-frolov.md), [Jack Bender](https://film.one/person/jack-bender.md), [James Hayman](https://film.one/person/james-hayman.md), [Janet Greek](https://film.one/person/janet-greek.md), [Mitchell Burgess](https://film.one/person/mitchell-burgess.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as director, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Senna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1870399, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/534087

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lorraine Senna is an American film and television director. She began her career as an assistant director in the late 1970s and early 1980s, working on the film *Somewhere in Time* (1980) and the series *Knots Landing*. She made her directorial debut on *Knots Landing*, directing multiple episodes of the series between 1982 and 1992.

Senna directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Dynasty* (1981), *Falcon Crest* (1981), *Babylon 5* (1994), *Northern Exposure* (1990), *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993) and *Picket Fences*. In 1999 she directed the episode 'Down Neck' of *The Sopranos*, and is the only woman to have directed an episode of the series. From the mid-1990s she directed several television films, and later the feature films *Paradise, Texas* (2006) and *Americanizing Shelley* (2007). Her credits span from 1978 to 2007.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Americanizing Shelley* (2007), Director
- *Paradise Texas* (2005), Director
- *A Long Way Home* (2003), Director
- *One True Love* (2000), Director
- *The Magicians* (2000), Director, Producer
- *Sweetwater* (1999), Director
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Love in Another Town* (1997), Director
- *Our Son, the Matchmaker* (1996), Director
- *Second Noah* (1996), series, Director
- *Central Park West* (1995), series, Director
- *VR.5* (1995), series, Director
- *Hotel Malibu* (1994), series, Director
- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Moon Over Miami* (1993), series, Director
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, Director
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, Director
- *Homefront* (1991), series, Director
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, Director
- *Dynasty* (1981), series, Director
- *Somewhere in Time* (1980), Second Assistant Director
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, Director
- *A Question of Love* (1978), Second Assistant Director

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