Jamie Merill Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed the Movies But I'm the Cheerleader The Quiet and The Itty Bitty Titty Committee . She also directs episodes of television programs including Gilmore Girls, Middle-Malcolm, United States Tara , Visible , Nip/Tuck , The L Word , and Silicon Valley .
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Early life and education
Babbit was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He grew up in Cleveland with his father, a lawyer and law school professor, and his mother who runs a youth treatment program with drugs and alcohol problems, before his death in 2006. The program is called the New Direction, and it inspires "Fictitious reparative therapy" (conversion therapy) "True Directions" camp at But I'm a Cheerleader . Babbit started acting at the Cleveland Play House at the age of seven, then moved into management and lighting. He studied West African Studies at Barnard College (graduated in 1993) and began taking film classes at New York University during his summer vacation.
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Careers
After graduating from Barnard College in 1993, Babbit's first job was to assist Martin Scorsese's assistant at The Age of Innocence. Afterwards he worked as an apprentice at John Sayles's Secret Roan Inish where he worked with fellow filmmakers aspiring to Karyn Kusama and Jasmine Kosovic.
Babbit's next work was as a script supervisor in John Duigan's movie The August King's Journey-a job he had little experience, that he said he was "lying on his way to". This was followed by the television film Su Friedrich Hide and Seek . In 1996, after working on If The Wall Can Speak , where he meets his future partner, Andrea Sperling, Babbit gets a job as script supervisor on the movie David Fincher The Game . This proved to have an effect on his career as a director.
Short movie
In 1996, Babbit, with Ari Gold, directed Frog Crossing , a comedic short film about an animal rights activist protecting frogs as they passed the highway. She follows this with the 1999 comedy film Sleeping Beauties. While working on The Game , he discusses his idea for a fairy tale film with Fincher. He gave Babbit about 6,000 feet of 35 mm film. The editor gave him free using Avid's editing engine. The Game Star, Michael Douglas, wrote to Paramount and asked them to let Babbit access their costume department. As a result, she can make Sleeping Beauties about $ 10,000. Based on the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty , this film tells the story of a young woman (Sarah Lassez) who works as a makeup artist at the funeral home. Obsessed with an ex-girlfriend who was not available, he finally met and fell in love with a photographer's assistant (Clea DuVall). Short premiere at Sundance in 1995. His other short film Stuck premiered at Sundance in 2002 and won a jury prize.
But I'm Cheerleader
In 1999, Babbit directed his first film, But I'm a Cheerleader . Starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall, this is a romantic comedy about a high school cheerleader sent to a "reparative therapy" camp when her parents suspect her of being a lesbian. The film was inspired by an article Babbit read about a man sent to a similar camp. The movie camp is partly based on a shelter for young people with drug and alcohol problems run by their mothers. Babbit appeared in This Movie Nothing discusses this movie and its fight against the NC-17 rankings. In 2000, the film won the Audience Award and the Grain de Cinà ©  © phage Award at the CrÃÆ'  © teil International Women's Film Festival, an annual French festival featuring the works of female directors. Wheeler movie scholar Winston Dixon describes this film as a commercial and critical success that became a cult film on DVD in later years.
The Quiet
The second film Babbit is the 2005 thriller The Quiet . Starring Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle, the story revolves around a deaf girl who, when sent to live with her godparents, finds some dark secrets about the family. It was released by Sony Screen Gems around the world.
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
The next Babbit film comedy committee Itty Bitty Titty was released in 2007. Produced by POWER UP, starring Melonie Diaz as a young woman involved with radical feminist groups. It received most of the negative reviews but was nominated for a Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and won a jury award at South by Southwest in 2007.
Breaking the Girls
In 2011, Babbit started producing Breaking the Girls, a thriller written by Mark Distefano and Guinevere Turner. It was released in 2012.
Television
Babbit has directed and produced episodes from several television programs including Popular , United States Tara , The Bernie Mac Show , Malcolm in the Middle , Nip/Tuck , Gilmore Girls , Castle , Alias ​​<â € <, < i> Ugly Betty , Dirty Sexy Money , Drop Dead Diva , View , Girl , and The L Word . He likes to work on television because it helps him "improve his skills". He said that since the television director lacks overall responsibility over the movie director, he is able to concentrate on working with actors. Television work also allows him to earn money while pursuing his long-term goal of making a movie.
Personal life
Babbit lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Karey Dornetto. She has two daughters, Finley and Ryder, with her former partner, producer Andrea Sperling.
Movieography
Director
Movies
- 1996: Frog Crossing (short)
- 1999: Sleeping Beauties (short)
- 1999: But I'm Cheerleader
- 2001: Trapped (short)
- 2004: A Memoir to My Former Self (short)
- 2005: The Quiet
- 2007: Itty Bitty Titty Committee
- 2012: Made in Cleveland (segment "Fucking Cleveland")
- 2012: Breaking the Girls
- 2015: Fresno Addiction
Television
- 1999: No nude
- 1999-2001: Popular (8 episodes) (Producer - Season Finale)
- 2001: Maybe It's Me (4 episodes)
- 2001: The Bernie Mac Show (2 episodes)
- 2001-2007: Gilmore Girls (18 episodes)
- 2002: Ed
- 2002-2003: Malcolm in the Middle (3 episodes)
- 2003: Miss Match
- 2003-2004 Nip/Tuck (3 episodes)
- 2004: Miracle
- 2006: Aliases â € <â € <
- 2006: Ugly Betty
- 2007-2008: The L Word (3 episodes)
- 2007: The Riches (2 episodes - Season Finale)
- 2007: Gossip Girl
- 2007-2008: Dirty Sexy Money (3 episodes)
- 2007: Notes from Underbelly (2 episodes)
- 2008: Swingtown (2 episodes)
- 2009: 90210 (2 episodes)
- 2009-2010: Drop Dead Diva (6 episodes)
- 2010: The Middle (3 episodes)
- 2010: United States Tara (4 episodes)
- 2011: Tuan. Sunlight (1 episode)
- 2012: Retaliation (1 episode)
- 2014: Girl (2 episodes)
- 2014: Married (2 episodes)
- 2014 - 2015: View (2 episodes)
- 2015: Grinder (1 episode: "Giving Thank You, Getting Justice")
- 2016: Supergirl (1 episode: "Childhood Things")
- 2016: Silicon Valley (2 episodes)
- 2017: Always Sunny in Philadelphia (3 episodes)
- 2017: Orville (1 episode, "Cupid's Dagger")
- 2017: Ghost (1 episode, "Sam")
See also
- List of lesbian movie makers
References
External links
- Jamie Babbit on IMDb
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