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Heckerling's first feature was Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), based on the non-fiction account of a year in the life of California high school students as observed by undercover Rolling Stone journalist Cameron Crowe.
Amy Heckerling studied Film and TV at New York University and got a Masters Degree in Film from The American Film Institute. Despite this education she couldn't get a break in Hollywood. However, in 1982, she made Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and people started to take notice.
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling (in her feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his 1981 book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus ...
Amy Heckerling studied Film and TV at New York University and got a Masters Degree in Film from The American Film Institute. Despite this education she couldn't get a break in Hollywood. However, in 1982, she made Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and people started to take notice.
- Clueless
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Johnny Dangerously
- Look Who’s Talking
- Vamps
- National Lampoon’s European Vacation
- I Could Never Be Your Woman
- Loser
- Look Who’s Talking Too
Perhaps Heckerling’s most iconic film, 1995’s Clueless is easily the strongest piece of work we’ve seen from the director so far. Both written and directed by her, the movie is a singularly unique vision unlike anything else she’s released so far. It’s not only one of the best teen movies of all time, but it’s one of the strongest works to come out...
Another colossal hit from Heckerling, Fast Times at Ridgemont Highremains one of the most instantly recognizable high school movies to date. It’s nothing short of impressive that Heckerling managed to drop not one but two huge cult teen classics. All kinds of movie stars came from this movie — Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh for starters — but i...
It’s hard to make a flop when you’ve got Michael Keaton as the leading man in your film. Johnny Dangerouslyis a classic example of this. Heckerling’s goofy comedy from 1984 proves to be just as funny all these decades later, spoofing crime movies from the 30s and 40s perfectly while also packing a special punch of its own.
The concept is an odd one, but it’s nonetheless a cult classic in its own right: Look Who’s Talking tracks the early life of a wisecracking newborn (voiced by Bruce Willis) as his mom, a big city accountant, maneuvers the dating pool. It spawned a few sequels (one of which appears later on this list), but nothing beats the original here. It’s light...
There’s a pretty good chance that Heckerling’s 2012 comedy Vamps might’ve been overlooked. If it had been released just ten years earlier, there’s no doubt it would’ve been much more well-received than it was back in the early 2010s. Starring Krysten Ritter and Alicia Silverstone, the latter pulling off a reunion with her Cluelessdirector, There ar...
A lesser-known Vacation film, Heckerling’s European Vacationsees the Griswolds heading overseas after Clark wins a trip on a game show. As always, his family seems reluctant to go — and for a good reason. Chaos ensues, and Heckerling’s touch adds a nice little flair to what is otherwise pretty standard Vacation fare.
Released in 2007 (and featuring early performances from Paul Rudd and Saoirse Ronan, years before they’d reach their current levels of popularity and notoriety), Heckerling’s I Could Never Be Your Woman is nothing more or less than an adequate way to spend an hour and forty minutes or so. There’s nothing necessarily atrocious about it, but there’s ...
Let this fill you in on everything you need to know about Loser: the song “Teenage Dirtbag,” performed by Wheatus and featured throughout the film, has received a higher spot in the pop culture pantheon than the movie itself. Starring Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari, Heckerling’s comedy never manages to reach the heights of her other (more successful) ...
A follow-up to a movie that didn’t necessarily need one, Look Who’s Talking Toois a less-than-perfect sequel that never succeeds at living up to the first film. It’s got much of the same cast, but none of the same wit or energy that audiences seemed to like about the original. Oh well, though — we don’t think anyone is too torn up about this film c...
Serving her apprenticeship with five years' worth of limited-distribution short subjects, Heckerling's first feature-length effort was the surprise hit Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982),...
Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American film director. An alumna of both New York University and the American Film Institute, she directed the commercially successful films Fast Times at Ridgemont High, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Look Who's Talking, and Clueless.
