Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started out her career after graduating from New York University. Her career started from independent films to directing major studio films. Heckerling began her career after graduating from NYU and entering the American Film Institute, making small student films. She struggled to breakout into big films and was snubbed by Hollywood during her early career, up until the release of her breakout film
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She has also directed the films
Johnny Dangerously (1984), National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985), Look Who’s Talking (1989),
Clueless (1995),
Loser (2000),
I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) and
Vamps (2012). She was also a producer on
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