Helaine Head

Helaine Head (born January 17, 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film, television, and theatre director.

Career In television, some of her directing credits are St. Elsewhere, Cagney & Lacey, Frank's Place, L.A. Law, Wiseguy, Tour of Duty, Brewster Place, seaQuest 2032, Law & Order and Sliders. She has also directed a number of television films.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, Head worked as a theatre director and stage manager in a number of stage productions on Broadway. In 1985, Head directed in The Color Purple and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. The pilot aired on ABC on July 3, 1991, and featured claymation mixed with live actors. The pilot episode was poorly received and was not picked up for a full series.

In the 2000s, Head became an associate professor of directing at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Head teaches single camera television as well as intermediate directing and production. Television/Movie Year Role of Episodes The Color Purple Movie 1985 Music Department Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Movie 1985 Art Department Sidekicks Television 1986 Director 1 St. Elsewhere Television 1986-87 Director 3 Maraiah Television 1987 Director 1 Cagey & Lacey Television 1986-87 Director 3 Franks Place Television 1987 Director 1 A Year in the Life Television 1987-88 Director 2 L.A. Law Television 1987-88 Director 3 Annie McGuire Television 1988 Director 1 CBS Schoolbreak Special Television 1989 Director 1 Heartbeat Television 1989 Director 1 Wiseguy Television 1989 Director 1 Island Son Television 1989 Director 1 Snoops Television 1989 Director 1 Tour of Duty Television 1989 Director 2 Brewsters Place Television 1990 Director 3 Danger Team Movie 1991 Director You Must Remember This Movie 1992 Director American Experience Television 1993 Director 1 Tribeca Television 1993 Director 1 Class of '96 Television 1993 Director 2 Jack's Place Television 1992-93 Director 2 SeaQuest 2032 Television 1993 Director 1 Law & Order Television 1994 Director 1 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle Movie 1994 Director Harts of the West Television 1994 Director 1 Sisters Television 1994 Director 1 Touched by an Angel Television 1995 Director 1 The Client Television 1995-96 Director 2 New York Undercover Television 1994-96 Director 2 413 Hope St. Television 1997-98 Director 2 The Net Television 1998 Director Sliders Television 1998 Director 1 Dear America: A Picture of Freedom Movie 1999 Director After All Movie 1999 Director Dear American: Color Me Dark Movie 2000 Director Soul Food Television 2000-01 Director 2