The 1995 teen comedy film Clueless was written by Amy Heckerling, who also directed the movie.

Quick Scoop: Who Wrote Clueless?

  • The film Clueless (1995) is officially credited as being written and directed by Amy Heckerling.
  • She reimagined Jane Austen’s 1815 novel Emma as a modern high-school story set in Beverly Hills.
  • Heckerling originally conceived the idea as a TV show about a positive, upbeat California teen before it became a feature film.

In interviews, Heckerling has described Cher as a “happy, optimistic, California girl” and built the entire script around that personality, then layered in the Emma storyline and Beverly Hills teen culture.

TL;DR: Amy Heckerling wrote Clueless (and also directed it), adapting the spirit of Jane Austen’s Emma into a 1990s Beverly Hills teen world.

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