Jamie Babbit
Jamie Babbit (born November 16, 1970 in Shaker Heights , Ohio ) is an American film director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Babbit grew up in Cleveland , Ohio. Her father was a lawyer and law professor, and her mother ran a New Directions socialization program for teenagers with drug and alcohol problems. After finishing school, Babbit studied West African Studies at Barnard College , which she finished in 1993. Then Babbit moved to New York University . After graduating, Babbit worked as a production assistant for Martin Scorsese on the film Time of Innocence , then for John Sayles on the film The Secret of Roan Inish and for David Fincher on The Game .
In 1996, Babbit made her first short film, Frog Crossing, about animal rights activists protecting frogs on highways. Her short film Sleeping Beauties and her first full-length feature film Because I'm a Girl followed in 1999 . In the following years she directed and produced the films Itty Bitty Titty Committee and The Quiet - Can you keep a secret? and episodes of various television series, e.g. B. Malcolm in the middle , Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price , Gilmore Girls , Castle , Alias - The Agent , Everything Betty! , Drop Dead Diva , Rizzoli & Isles and The L Word - When women love women .
Babbit's partner is the film producer Andrea Sperling , with whom she brings up three children together.
Babbit serves on the Honorary Board of Directors of the nonprofit Power Up , which also produced two of her films. The goal of Power Up (Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up!) Is to give lesbian women in particular greater freedom in the art and media landscape. In addition, she was involved in artist groups such as the Guerrilla Girls and in the pro-choice movement, which advocates the right to abortion.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: Frog Crossing (short film)
- 1999: Sleeping Beauties (short film)
- 1999: Because I'm a Girl (But I'm a Cheerleader)
- 2001: Stuck (short film)
- 2001–2007: Gilmore Girls (TV series, 18 episodes)
- 2004: A Memoir to My Former Self (short film)
- 2005: The Quiet - Can you keep a secret? (The Quiet)
- 2007: Itty Bitty Titty Committee
- 2009-2013: Drop Dead Diva (TV series)
- 2014–2015: Looking (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2014–2015: Married (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2015–2016: Rizzoli & Isles , 3 episodes
- 2014–2017: Girls (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2017: Girlboss (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2017: Silicon Valley (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2017: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (3 episodes)
- 2017: The Orville (TV series, 1 episode)
Individual evidence
- ^ After Ellen: Interview with Jamie Babbit, June 2004
- ↑ POWER UP website
- ↑ Interview with Jamie Babbit on Itty Bitty Titty Committee, June 2007 ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Jamie Babbit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Babbit, Jamie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director, screenwriter, and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shaker Heights , Ohio |