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Amy Heckerling

Amy Heckerling TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
WESat, Feb 13, 11:00 AMLook Who's TalkingBuy
LIFESun, Feb 14, 12:30 PMCluelessBuy
HBO2eMon, Feb 15, 7:45 AMI Could Never Be Your WomanBuy

Amy Heckerling Biography

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  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/07/1954, Taurus
  • Profession: Director; screenwriter; producer
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-fiancĂ©
  • Mollie Sara - Daughter
  • Neal Israel - Ex-husband

  • College:
  • New York University, New York, NY; American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA (MFA, 1974)
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