Curiosidades

Has one daughter, Mollie Heckerling (Mollie Sara Israel; September 5, 1985), with Harold Ramis, even though she was married to Neal Israel at the time of her birth. This "family secret" was revealed in "Ghostbuster's Daughter", a book about Harold's life written by his other daughter, Violet Ramis.

Grew up in an apartment building in The Bronx that was filled with Holocaust survivors.

Dated Bronson Pinchot (1993-1997). They split up shortly after getting engaged.

Suffered anorexia.

Three of her movies were made into TV series. Fast Times (1986) based on Picardias Estudantis (1982) lasted less than a season; the short-lived Baby Talk (1991) was based on Olha Quem Está Falando (1989); and As Patricinhas de Beverly Hills (1996) (As Patricinhas de Beverly Hills (1995)), which ran for a season on ABC and two more seasons on UPN.

Her NYU student film co-starred one of her classmates at the time - über-producer Joel Silver.

She has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Picardias Estudantis (1982).

Attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City.