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Andrea Sperling

American film producer (born 1968/1969) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Andrea Sperling (born c. 1968/69) is an independent film producer based in Los Angeles. The films she has produced include Totally Fucked Up, But I'm a Cheerleader, D.E.B.S. and Itty Bitty Titty Committee and the Sundance Top Prize-winning Like Crazy.

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Early life and education

Sperling attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where she took classes under Gregg Araki.[1][2] While enrolled, she interned during the summers at Avenue Pictures.[3] She graduated in 1990 with a B.A. in Film History, Theory and Criticism.[4][5]

Career

Upon graduation, Sperling's former professor, Gregg Araki, asked her to work with him on The Living End.[2] The duo would continue their partnership into Araki's next three movies — Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere — which were collective dubbed the "Teen Apocalypse Trilogy".[6] The trilogy has been characterized as "... teen alienation, hazy sexuality and aggression."[7]

Sperling has been credited with helping to launch the New Queer Cinema movement with her films dating as far back as the 1990s.[8] In 2008, Sperling was introduced to her long-term producing partner, Jonathan Schwartz of Crispy Films, following the recommendation of a sales agent with Creative Artists Agency. Sperling joined Crispy Films, which was subsequently renamed Super Crispy Entertainment.[9]

In 2014, Sperling branched into television, working on the Golden Globe Award-winning series Transparent.[8] She was elevated to executive producer in 2015.[10]

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Awards and honors

She was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2014.[11] Sperling was named as a member of the 2008 and 2015 Out100 class by Out.[8][12]

Personal life

Sperling is based in Los Angeles, California.[3][4] She is a lesbian and was previously married to colleague, Jamie Babbit, with whom she has two children.[8][13][14]

Sperling has sat on the board of directors of non-profit organization and film production company POWER UP and was with the organization from the beginning.[4][15][16]

Filmography

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