Amy Heckerling

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Amy Heckerling Fast Facts:

Three then-unknown "alumni" from Heckerling's feature directorial debut, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), went on to win Best Actor Oscars: Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Sean Penn for Mystic River (2003), and Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006).
Conceived of the idea for her box-office hit Look Who's Talking (1989) after the birth of daughter Mollie, when Heckerling and her husband, Neal Israel, would stare at their baby and wonder what she was thinking.
Coauthored The No-Sex Handbook (1990) with Pamela Pettler, a tongue-in-cheek, anti-dating manual for the '90s.
Won Best Screenplay honors from the National Society of Film Critics for 1995 hit Clueless, a comedic update of Jane Austen's Emma that launched the career of star Alicia Silverstone.
Three of her films have been made into TV sitcoms: Fast Times ran for a few weeks in 1986 on CBS; Look Who's Talking became ABC's Baby Talk in 1991; and Clueless aired on ABC (1996-97) and UPN (1997-99).

Amy Heckerling Relationships:
Bronson Pinchot - Ex-fiancé
Neal Israel - Ex-husband
Mollie Sara - Daughter
College:
New York University, New York, NY; American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA (MFA, 1974)

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