Marielle Stiles Heller /ˈmÉ'Ë riÉ›l/ (born October 1, 1979) is an
American writer, director, and actress. She is best known for
directing The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), Can You Ever Forgive Me?
(2018), and the Fred Rogers drama film A Beautiful Day in the
Neighborhood (2019).Marielle Heller was born in Marin County,
California, to Steve Heller, a chiropractor, and his wife Annie
Stiles-Heller, an artist and art teacher. She grew up in nearby
Alameda, along with her younger brother and sister, Nate and Emily.
Her father hails from a Jewish family in New York. Heller started off
as an actor, calling acting her "first love." As a child, she was part
of the Alameda Children's Musical Theater, where she participated in
as many as four plays a year, including the roles of Rabbit in Winnie
the Pooh, Templeton the rat in Charlotte’s Web, and Polly in The
Magician's Nephew.With time, she graduated to community theater, as
well as productions at Saint Joseph Notre Dame, where she attended
high school. She graduated in 1997. She studied theatre at UCLA and
then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Additionally, she
was honored with a Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship and The
Maryland Film Festival Fellowship.
American writer, director, and actress. She is best known for
directing The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), Can You Ever Forgive Me?
(2018), and the Fred Rogers drama film A Beautiful Day in the
Neighborhood (2019).Marielle Heller was born in Marin County,
California, to Steve Heller, a chiropractor, and his wife Annie
Stiles-Heller, an artist and art teacher. She grew up in nearby
Alameda, along with her younger brother and sister, Nate and Emily.
Her father hails from a Jewish family in New York. Heller started off
as an actor, calling acting her "first love." As a child, she was part
of the Alameda Children's Musical Theater, where she participated in
as many as four plays a year, including the roles of Rabbit in Winnie
the Pooh, Templeton the rat in Charlotte’s Web, and Polly in The
Magician's Nephew.With time, she graduated to community theater, as
well as productions at Saint Joseph Notre Dame, where she attended
high school. She graduated in 1997. She studied theatre at UCLA and
then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Additionally, she
was honored with a Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship and The
Maryland Film Festival Fellowship.
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