Deborah Correa graduated from Emerson College in 2005 with a B.F.A. in Writing and Visual Media Arts, where she produced a ten-minute narrative film as an homage to The French New Wave. She used her final year to produce a short documentary about what the UN called the worst humanitarian crisis in the Western Hemisphere: Colombia. Deborah traveled to the heart of guerilla territory to document the return of 1500 displaced villagers to their homes. This Little Old Town premiered on PBS’ FRONTLINE/ World and won an EVVY for Best Produced Television News.
Since graduating, Deborah has worked on documentaries for American Experience and NOVA, as well as her own films. These include A Community on the Fringe, a look at the Zapatista movement in central Mexico and Painting Peace, an exploration of the historic and incendiary public murals of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Deborah moved to Los Angeles in April of 2008 to work for a digital studio breaking ground in new media. She also is a participant in in AFI Directing Workshop for Women '09. She directed, co-wrote and executive produced her film, "Little Black Dress".