Diane worked in LA for over 17 years before moving back to her hometown of Chicago. While in LA, Diane had a successful career at NBC and at Paramount Pictures where she was last the Vice President of Marketing.

Since early 2015, Diane has been working on multiple documentaries with Kartemquin Films. Diane is the producer of the upcoming documentary Minding the Gap, directed by first-time filmmaker Bing Liu, currently in post-production. She is also producing Left-Handed Pianist along with Howard Reich and Gordon Quinn, as well as The Dilemma of Desire with Peabody Award-winning director Maria Finitzo. Both films are in production. She has also developed the marketing and outreach strategy for Unbroken Glass and In the Game.

Diane is a 2017 Film Independent Fellow and in 2016 joined Peabody-winning filmmaker, Maria Finitzo’s production company, FilmArts Productions, developing both narrative and documentary films.

Diane is a 2017 Film Independent Fellow and is currently developing a fiction film based on a New York Times best-selling book.