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Jamie Babbit (born November 16, 1970 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American film director,...

Jamie Babbit (born November 16, 1970 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) 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. Babbit grew up in Cleveland, Ohio with her father, a lawyer and law school professor, and her mother who ran a treatment program for teenagers with drug and alcohol problems, before her death in 2006. The program was called New Directions, and it provided inspiration for the fictional "reparative therapy" (conversion therapy) camp "True Directions" in But I'm a Cheerleader. Babbit began acting at the Cleveland Play House at the age of seven, later moving into stage management and lighting. She studied West African Studies at Barnard College (graduating in 1993) and began taking film classes at New York University during her summer vacations. Babbit's partner is producer Andrea Sperling with whom she has collaborated on several projects. They live in Los Angeles with their daughter and new baby. After