After earning a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University, Denise attended the USC Graduate film producing program while simultaneously holding her first job in Hollywood as a production assistant at Lucasfilm and Steven Spielberg's Amblin’ Ent. Denise was a Story Editor at 20th Century Fox, a Development Executive at several production companies and VP of Production at Kopelson Entertainemnt where her job was to find and develop material for film and television.
Denise is the president/producer/writer of MakeMagic Productions. Under this banner she is the writer/producer of John Mack The Believer
and co-writer/producer of the film, Love After. She is also the author of the award-winning autobiographical play, A Good American, which was produced, filmed and streamed globally as the winner of the VOICES of WOMEN THEATRE FESTIVAL in 2022.