Jamie Babbit

January 5, 2024
Screenwriter

Quick Facts

Jamie Babbit
Full Name Jamie Babbit
Occupation Screenwriter
Date Of Birth Nov 16, 1970(1970-11-16)
Age 54
Birthplace Shaker Heights
Country United States
Birth City Ohio
Horoscope Scorpio

Jamie Babbit Biography

Name Jamie Babbit
Birthday Nov 16
Birth Year 1970
Place Of Birth Shaker Heights
Home Town Ohio
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Scorpio
Spouse Karey Dornetto
Children(s) 2

Jamie Babbit is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on November 16, 1970 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States. Film director and screenwriter best known for his films But I’m A Cheerleader and Gilmore Girls.

The film starred Actress Natasha Lyonne starred in her film But I’m a Cheerleader as a lesbian forced to attend a camp to change her orientation. as an actress playing a lesbian who is forced to go to a camp to alter her orientation.

After graduating from Barnard College in 1993, Babbit’s first job was as an assistant to the assistant for Martin Scorsese on The Age of Innocence. After that she worked as an intern on John Sayles’s The Secret of Roan Inish where she worked with fellow aspiring filmmakers Karyn Kusama and Jasmine Kosovic.

In 1996, Babbit, with Ari Gold, directed Frog Crossing, a comedic short film about an animal rights activist who protects frogs as they hop across a highway. She followed this with 1999 comedy short Sleeping Beauties. While working on The Game, she discussed her idea for a short film based on a fairy tale with Fincher. He gave Babbit about 6,000 feet of 35 mm film. His editor gave her free use of an Avid editing machine. The star of The Game, Michael Douglas, wrote to Paramount and asked them to let Babbit access their costume department. As a result, she was able to make Sleeping Beauties for about $10,000. Based on the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, the film is about a young woman (Sarah Lassez) who works as a makeup artist at a funeral home. Obsessed with an unavailable ex-girlfriend, she eventually meets and falls in love with a photographer’s assistant (Clea DuVall). The short premiered at Sundance in 1995. Her other short film Stuck premiered at Sundance in 2002 and won a jury prize.

With Andrea Sperling, her former partner and producer, she had two children, Finley (her first) and Ryder (her second). In 2014, she married Karey Dornetto.

Jamie Babbit Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Screenwriter
House Living in own house.

Jamie Babbit is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jamie Babbit 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1993, she graduated from Barnard College.

She began acting when she was seven years old at the Cleveland Play House.

Jamie Merill 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 Russian Doll, Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, United States of Tara, Looking, Nip/Tuck, The L Word, Silicon Valley, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

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Who is Jamie Babbit Dating?

According to our records, Jamie Babbit married to Karey Dornetto. As of December 1, 2023, Jamie Babbit’s is not dating anyone.

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Babbit’s next film, comedy Itty Bitty Titty Committee was released in 2007. Produced by POWER UP, it starred Melonie Diaz as a young woman who becomes involved with a radical feminist group. It received mostly 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.

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Jamie Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jamie Babbit celebrates birthday on November 16 of every year.

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