An artist specializing in animation and personal short films and videos, Deanna Morse is also an educator and a leader in international organizations supporting independent film and video artists.

Deanna has produced over thirty films and videos since the early 1970s. Her work has been selected for international festivals from Canada and the U.S. to Japan, Italy, France, England, and others. She has produced several films for Sesame Street, and her work also has been broadcast on Romper Room, and on PBS and cable networks. She has been cited in several articles and books on contemporary animators, and her films are represented in permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Deanna often collaborates with other artists, technicians, musicians, students, and former students in her work. A Professor in the School of Communications at Grand Valley State University, Deanna was named a Distinguished Professor by the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities in 1993. She is a graduate of Iowa State University, and received an MA from Goddard College and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.