First class 'Flight' at Tribeca

April 23, 2008 First-class "Flight:" There are many types of first-time directors, but they generally start out today by working in commercials or music videos before making their first feature. In the case of Tracey Hecht, whose first-class romantic drama "Life in Flight" has its world premiere April 27 at the Tribeca Film Festival, there's no background involving shorter films of any kind. For the past 12 years Hecht's been working in design and writing stories, but that's all somehow managed to translate beautifully to her new career in filmmaking.

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