Marielle Heller

Marielle Stiles Heller (born October 1, 1979) is an American writer, director, and actor. She is best known for writing and directing the comedy-drama film The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), and directing the biographical drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018). In 2019, she directed the Fred Rogers drama film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

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 * I've always been fairly confident in what I feel and think. And part of that I think is coming from the Bay Area, where, you know, being an individual was very celebrated. Our culture of the Bay Area is a place where you want to be different. You want to be seen. You want to be heard. You want—there, conformity is the worst thing that you could aspire to.
 * On why it is not difficult for her to believe in her own point of view