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4 9 some highly technical cellular images for a Wes Craven film, Deadly Friend. Wes Craven became her mentor, particularly in a post-production capacity, allowing her to attend meetings and to understand the process of choreography of all dimensions of a production, to produce the final product. This was an invaluable experience. In 1989, Cline was subsequently asked to assist on a Disney film, Gross Anatomy, as a means of gaining access to medical school labs and to train the cast on the academic aspects. She was able to join the IATSE union, Local 790, on this film due to the need to design five highly technical stages of cadaver dissection and to assist the makeup EFX group, KNB, in their production of these bodies for use in the lab scenes. Cline was asked to provide visuals and function as a technical advisor on a Disney feature, The Doctor, with the lead actor, William Hurt, directed by Randa Haines. This was, with no doubt, one of the most demanding technical endeavors in the film industry with which Cline would be involved. It is also the film of which she is most proud, due to the ethical and professional standard-of-care issues that were fearlessly addressed. Cline continued to work continuously in the industry for the next 27 years, never looking back. This career had a "tapestry-like" quality, comprised of many features, television, specialized projects and technical research. Many projects had no anatomical technical content (Tombstone, George of the Jungle, The Flintstones, The X-Files, etc.) and many were intensely technical, (Bones, Red Dragon, Mulholland Falls). Interestingly, this involvement in film and television became a conduit for the pursuit of other professional interests, such a forensic artist, law enforcement (LA County Sheriff's Department Reserve Deputy), and in psychology, all of which would become formalized as simultaneously held careers, by virtue of additionally earned graduate degrees (an MA in marriage & family therapy and a PhD in clinical psychology). One interest led to the next and most importantly, each professional discipline became very useful on the entertainment projects with which she was subsequently involved. "I feel so fortunate to have been positioned to have had the opportunity to have experienced such varied professions. In truth, it all began with art, and as a result of becoming a member of the IATSE with its unlimited possibilities for artistic growth." –Donna Cline