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Amy Heckerling
American filmmaker Amy Heckerling is a trailblazer who paved the way for women in Hollywood.
Amy heckerling age
Born in the Bronx, she studied at New York University's famed Tisch School of the Arts and then went through the American Film Institute program in Los Angeles. She began working as an editor in television, but a car accident nearly derailed her career before it truly started.
Once she recovered, she was given the opportunity to helm a teen comedy based on Rolling Stone reporter Cameron Crowe's account of posing as a high schooler in LA's San Fernando Valley.
The resulting "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) turned into a cultural touchstone and helped launch the careers of a generation of actors, including Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Forest Whitaker, and Judge Reinhold.
Instead of sticking to the teen theme, Heckerling moved into broader comedies. She made "Johnny Dangerously" (1984), a spoof of gangster movies starring Michael Keaton, and "National Lampoon's Europea