# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amy-heckerling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:45:01.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amy-heckerling"
name: "Amy Heckerling"
slug: "amy-heckerling"
description: "Amy Heckerling is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started her career after graduating from 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 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)."
tagline: "American television writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amy_Heckerling.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.79313066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002132/"
    handle:    "nm0002132"
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    title: "Amy Heckerling"
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    title: "Amy Heckerling"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump