Jamie Babbit

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Jamie Babbit

Born November 16, 1970 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA (age 55)

Jamie Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films But I'm a Cheerleader, The Quiet and Itty Bitty Titty Committee. She has also directed episodes of television programs including Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Nip/Tuck and The L Word. She is involved with film production company POWER UP. Description above from the Wikiped…

Known For

The GameThe Game · 1997
The Game
7.61997
MovieDramaThriller
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
But I'm a CheerleaderBut I'm a Cheerleader · 2000
But I'm a Cheerleader
7.12000
MovieComedyDrama
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
The Stand InThe Stand In · 2020
The Stand In
5.32020
MovieComedy
When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her identity, career and boyfriend in this hilarious comedy about trading places.
The QuietThe Quiet · 2005
The Quiet
6.12005
MovieDramaThriller
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.
If These Walls Could TalkIf These Walls Could Talk · 1996
If These Walls Could Talk
6.71996
MovieTV MovieDrama
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
Breaking the GirlsBreaking the Girls · 2013
Breaking the Girls
5.42013
MovieCrimeThriller
A naive college student loses a scholarship at the hands of a classmate and makes a pact with a mysterious friend to kill off each other's enemies.
Indie Sex: TeensIndie Sex: Teens · 2008
Indie Sex: Teens
4.22008
MovieDocumentaryRomance
Underage sexual activity is one of the most taboo subjects on screen. The film traces the history and representation of adolescent love and sexual behavior from Splendor on the Grass to Thirteen. It examines both the sensational teen films of the 1980s and more modern youth cinema as mediums through which teen movies play a central role in adolescent sex education.
Sleeping BeautiesSleeping Beauties · 1999
Sleeping Beauties
4.01999
MovieComedyRomance
A morgue beautician is trying to get over her ex-girlfriend.

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