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Amy Heckerling

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Amy Heckerling · Arts & Literature

What

Director of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' and 'Clueless'

When

1954, The Bronx, New York City, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Amy Heckerling is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Director of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' and 'Clueless'

How & why

Amy Heckerling is an American filmmaker who directed the teen classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and wrote and directed Clueless (1995), a defining comedy that became a cultural landmark. She was among the most commercially successful women directors of her era in Hollywood. She was born in the Bronx to a Jewish family and is Jewish.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)

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Director of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' and 'Clueless'

1954

Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)