Danyi Deats

Danyi Deats (born November 8, 1967) is an American film personality. She has acted in films, and is credited as a producer and writer for television, commercials and music videos.

Deats is most widely known for her portrayal of Jamie in the cult classic film, River's Edge, with Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper.

Deats is a consultant and producer to several production companies such as Mirror Films, Partizan, Pulse Films, Victor Papa, London Alley and Danger Bird. She began producing for Propaganda Films, Angel City, Dark Light, Mad Hatter Films, Satellite, The End, DNA, Oil Factory, Original Films, HSI, Super Mega, and Believe Media.

She has produced music videos and television commercials with artists such as Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Lopez, Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Rey, Meghan Trainor, Sting, Missy Elliott, Shania Twain, Janet Jackson, and Jewel.

Deats is also a local artist with past exhibits at Ghetto Gloss in Los Angeles. She recently completed her first novel, Meow Meow.

Danyi Deats is from Los Angeles and currently lives there with her husband and business partner Eric Barrett. Together they own Mirror Filmss. They have three children, Noah (born 1998), Jade (born 2002), and Zane Elvis (born 2005). She was raised in a “film family”; she grew up on film sets, going from location to location- always on the move. Her mother Emmy (maiden name - Montoya) worked at Universal Studios for thirty years, starting in the legal department, and working her way to assistant to the president of talent, Peter Terranova, and then for the president of television, Erv Sepkowitz. Danyi's grandfather Rufus Deats, her father Richard "Dicky" Deats and her uncle Jerry Deats have all been Key grips. Her brother Jerry C. Deats is also a Key Grip. Dicky Deats won the Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1984 for designing the “Little Big Crane”. It was the first camera crane that could you could disassemble and take out of the studio - it could be taken anywhere a man could get to. Its invention took filming to a new level, welcoming long sweeping crane shots in remote locations.

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