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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Michael Haneke to Lance Henriksen
Amy Heckerling Biography (1955?-)
Born May 7, 1955 (some sources cite 1954), in the Bronx, New York, NY; father, a certified public accountant; mother, a bookkeeper; married second husband, Neal Israel (a director, writer, producer, and actor), July, 1984 (divorced, 1991); children: (second marriage) Mollie Sara (an actress).
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Director, producer, writer
- Birth Details
- May 7, 1955?
- Bronx, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Director
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Universal, 1982
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Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
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National Lampoon's European Vacation (also known as European Vacation), Warner Bros., 1985
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Look Who's Talking (also known as Daddy's Home), TriStar, 1989
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Look Who's Talking Too, TriStar, 1990
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Clueless (also known as I Was a Teenage Teenager and NoWorries), Paramount, 1995
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Loser (also known as The Loser), Columbia, 2000
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Director; Short Films
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High Finance, 1975
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Getting It Over With, 1977
- Also director of the short film Modern Times.
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Executive Producer
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Molly, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
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Producer
- (With others) Look Who's Talking Now (also known as Look Who'sTalking III), TriStar, 1993
- (With others) A Night at the Roxbury, Paramount, 1998
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Loser (also known as The Loser), Columbia, 2000
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Film Appearances
- Ship's waitress, Into the Night, Universal, 1985
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Television Work
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Creator; Series
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Baby Talk, ABC, 1991
- (And executive producer) Clueless, ABC, 1996-1997 UPN, 1997-1999
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Supervising Producer; Series
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Fast Times, CBS, 1986
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Tough Cookies, CBS, 1986
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Director; Episodic
- Premiere and other episodes, Fast Times, CBS, 1986
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Clueless, ABC, episodes between 1996 and 1997 and UPN, episodes between 1997 and 1999
- Also directed an episode of The Twilight Zone, CBS.
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Director; Pilots
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Fast Times, CBS, 1986
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Producer; Pilots
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Life on the Flipside (also known as Flipside,
Homeward Bound, and Pop Rock), NBC, 1988
- Producer of the pilot 19, CBS.
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
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American Cinema, PBS, 1995
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Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Look Who's Talking (also known as Daddy's Home), TriStar, 1989
- (With Neal Israel) Look Who's Talking Too, TriStar, 1990
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Clueless (also known as I Was a Teenage Teenager and NoWorries; based on the novel Emma by Jane Austen), Paramount, 1995
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Loser (also known as The Loser), Columbia, 2000
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Teleplays
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Episodic
- "Death Benefits," George Burns Comedy Week, CBS, 1985
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Fast Times, CBS, 1986
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Tough Cookies, CBS, 1986
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Clueless, ABC, episodes between 1996 and 1997 UPN, episodes between 1997 and 1999
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Humor
- (With Pamela Pettler) The No-Sex Handbook, illustrated by Jack Ziegler, Warner Books (New York City), 1990
- (With H. B. Gilmour) Cher's Guide to ... Whatever, IDG Books Worldwide, 1997
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- The film Look Who's Talking Now was based on the characters from her film Look Who's Talking; the television series Clueless wasbased on her film of the same title.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volumes 7-26, Gale, 1992
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Contemporary Authors, Volume 139, Gale, 1993
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Contemporary Newsmakers: 1987 Cumulation, Gale, 1988
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Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press, 1998
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, October 25, 1996, p. 98
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Fade In, summer, 2000
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Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2000
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New York, August 7, 1995, p. 71
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People Weekly, May 13, 1985, pp. 103-106; August 12, 1985, p. 10;February 19, 1990, January 21, 1991, p. 21; July 31, 1995, p. 20
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Rolling Stone, September 7, 1995, p. 53
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Time, July 31, 1995, p. 65
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