Editing Amy Heckerling (section)

{{short description|American filmmaker (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Amy Heckerling
| image              = Amy Heckerling.jpg
| alt                = Filmmaker Amy Heckerling
| caption            = Heckerling in 2017
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1954|05|07}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| othername          = 
| alma_mater         = 
| occupation         = {{hlist|Director|producer|writer}}
| education          = {{Plainlist|
* [[New York University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}
* [[AFI Conservatory]] {{small|([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])}}}}
| years_active       = 1977–present
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
*{{Marriage|David Brandt|1981|1983|reason=divorced}}
*{{Marriage|[[Neal Israel]]|1984|1990|reason=divorced}}}}
| children           = 1
| website            = 
}}

'''Amy Heckerling''' (born May 7, 1954) is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started out her career after graduating from [[New York University Tisch School of the Arts|New York University]] and entering the [[American Film Institute]], making small student films. Heckerling is a recipient of AFI's [[Franklin J. Schaffner]] Alumni Medal celebrating her creative talents and artistic achievements. She struggled to break out into big films 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|National Lampoon’s European Vacation]]'' (1985), ''[[Look Who's Talking|Look Who’s Talking]]'' (1989), ''[[Clueless]]'' (1995), ''[[Loser (film)|Loser]]'' (2000), ''[[I Could Never Be Your Woman|I Could Never be Your Woman]]'' (2007) and ''[[Vamps (film)|Vamps]]'' (2012). She was also a producer on ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'' (1998) and executive producer on ''[[Molly (1999 film)|Molly]]'' (1999). Many of Heckerling’s films were adapted as television series. ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' evolved into the series ''[[Fast Times]]'' (1986), while ''Clueless'' (1995) became a [[Clueless (TV series)|television series]] that ran from 1996 to 1999.