 In 1972, she went to Hollywood and worked as a script supervisor, sound editor, and film editor before becoming a professional director in 1976 when she was hired to direct the NBC television series, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.This made her one of the handful of women directing in Hollywood at that time.She has written and directed several short films, but the majority of her work has been in television where she has had a long and prolific career directing television movies and series.