Daisy by Scherler Mayer
Daisy von Scherler Mayer (born September 14, 1966 in New York City , New York ) is an American film director and screenwriter .
Life
Daisy von Scherler Mayer was born in New York City in 1966 as the daughter of actress Sasha von Scherler and screenwriter and film producer Paul Avila Mayer . As the granddaughter of screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer , she was born into a real film family, so that she worked behind the scenes at the New York Shakespeare Festival as a teenager and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1988 in theater studies and history .
A few years later she made her feature film debut as the writer and director of the comedy Crazy Party Girl . She succeeded so successfully that a series with Christine Taylor and John Cameron Mitchell was subsequently produced from it, which was discontinued after four episodes. Even after that, she directed comedies such as Madeline , Woo and Der Super-Guru . Although The Guru despite mixed reviews on a budget of just over 10 million US dollars over 24 million dollars grossed and could thus be considered a financial success, she moved slowly go out of business and led sporadically in the following years Directed at series such as Aliens in America , Nurse Jackie and Chuck .
Daisy von Scherler Mayer is married to the composer David Carbonara , has two children with him and lives with her family in Brooklyn , New York City . Her husband already worked in 1998 for the sound editing of her family comedy Madeline and then worked as a composer for her comedy The Super-Guru . Since he is also the composer of the renowned series Mad Men , he was able to get her to direct an episode in 2009.
Filmography (selection)
- 1995: Crazy Party Girl (writer, director)
- 1998: Madeline
- 1998: Woo
- 2002: The Super Guru (The Guru)
- 2006: The Loop (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2007: One for All (More of Me)
- 2008: Aliens in America (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2009: Mad Men (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2009: Nurse Jackie (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2010: Chuck (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2012: Best FReinde (Frenemies)
- 2014–2016: House of Lies (6 episodes)
- 2014: Mozart in the Jungle (web series, 1 episode)
- 2016–2017: Ray Donovan (Director, 2 episodes)
- since 2018: Bosch (director, 2 episodes)
Web links
- Daisy von Scherler Mayer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Daisy by Scherler Mayer on tribute.ca , accessed on June 20, 2011
- ↑ Daisy by Scherler Mayer in the Notable Names Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Daisy von Scherler |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, Daisy v. S. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York, United States |