Deborah M Pratt is an American Director Writer Producer Singer Dancer and Actress After graduating from Webster University with a degree in Psychology and Theatre she won a nationwide talent search and came to Hollywood under contract to NBC She wrote songs and sang on multiple albums started acting writing and producing After starring in multiple pilots and writing for the shows she had been reoccurring on she coCreated worked her way through the ranks and became Executive producer and head writer on the iconic series Quantum Leap for NBC for which she penned 25 episodes and cowrote an additional 15 She Executive Produced and worked as the head writer for Tequila and Bonetti for CBS Ms Pratt coCreated for television and Executive Produced The Net for USA network She wrote for multiple television series As a writer Ms Pratt sold features to Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox animation She is a proud awardwinning graduate of the American Film Institutes Directing Workshop for Women and made her directorial debut with Cora Unashamed was for the BBC PBS and Masterpiece Theatres The American Collection