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

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Director
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Universal, 1982
  • Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
  • National Lampoon's European Vacation (also known as European Vacation), Warner Bros., 1985
  • Look Who's Talking (also known as Daddy's Home), TriStar, 1989
  • Look Who's Talking Too, TriStar, 1990
  • Clueless (also known as I Was a Teenage Teenager and NoWorries), Paramount, 1995
  • Loser (also known as The Loser), Columbia, 2000
  • Director; Short Films
  • High Finance, 1975
  • Getting It Over With, 1977
  • Also director of the short film Modern Times.
  • Executive Producer
  • Molly, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
  • 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
  • Loser (also known as The Loser), Columbia, 2000
  • Film Appearances
  • Ship's waitress, Into the Night, Universal, 1985
  • Television Work
  • Creator; Series
  • Baby Talk, ABC, 1991
  • (And executive producer) Clueless, ABC, 1996-1997 UPN, 1997-1999
  • Supervising Producer; Series
  • Fast Times, CBS, 1986
  • Tough Cookies, CBS, 1986
  • Director; Episodic
  • Premiere and other episodes, Fast Times, CBS, 1986
  • Clueless, ABC, episodes between 1996 and 1997 and UPN, episodes between 1997 and 1999
  • Also directed an episode of The Twilight Zone, CBS.
  • Director; Pilots
  • Fast Times, CBS, 1986
  • Producer; Pilots
  • Life on the Flipside (also known as Flipside, Homeward Bound, and Pop Rock), NBC, 1988
  • Producer of the pilot 19, CBS.
  • Television Appearances
  • Episodic
  • American Cinema, PBS, 1995
  • Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • Look Who's Talking (also known as Daddy's Home), TriStar, 1989
  • (With Neal Israel) Look Who's Talking Too, TriStar, 1990
  • Clueless (also known as I Was a Teenage Teenager and NoWorries; based on the novel Emma by Jane Austen), Paramount, 1995
  • Loser (also known as The Loser), Columbia, 2000
  • Teleplays
  • Episodic
  • "Death Benefits," George Burns Comedy Week, CBS, 1985
  • Fast Times, CBS, 1986
  • Tough Cookies, CBS, 1986
  • Clueless, ABC, episodes between 1996 and 1997 UPN, episodes between 1997 and 1999
  • 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
    • Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volumes 7-26, Gale, 1992
    • Contemporary Authors, Volume 139, Gale, 1993
    • Contemporary Newsmakers: 1987 Cumulation, Gale, 1988
    • Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press, 1998
    Periodicals
    • Entertainment Weekly, October 25, 1996, p. 98
    • Fade In, summer, 2000
    • Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2000
    • New York, August 7, 1995, p. 71
    • 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
    • Rolling Stone, September 7, 1995, p. 53
    • Time, July 31, 1995, p. 65

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