Editing Amy Heckerling (section)

== Filmmaking style ==
Heckerling's films have been characterized as having a proto-feminist perspective.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newman |first=Emily |date=2018 |title=REFOCUS: THE FILMS OF AMY HECKERLING Ed. Frances Smith and Timothy Shary. Edinburgh UP, 2016. 265 Pp. $120.00 Hardcover. |journal=Journal of Popular Film & Television |volume=2 |issue=46 |pages=125–126 |doi=10.1080/01956051.2018.1486649 |via=FIAF}}</ref> Heckerling focuses on the female life at pivotal turning points. With films such as ''[[Clueless]]'' (1995) and ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'' (1982), Heckerling has focused on women finishing high school and going into what would be their adult lives.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weston |first=Hillary |date=2016 |title=Made in New York: An interview with Amy Heckerling |work=criterion |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4057-made-in-new-york-an-interview-with-amy-heckerling.}}</ref> Her characters are constantly going against the norms that women are pushed into within society. Heckerling has a tendency to prioritize the female friendships within her films, along with a larger discussion of gender positioning within teenagers' lifestyles.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Frances |date=2015 |title=Femininity, ageing and performativity in the work of Amy Heckerling |url=https://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue10/HTML/ArticleSmith.html |journal=Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=49–63|doi=10.33178/alpha.10.03 |hdl=10468/5980 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>