Word: auteurs
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...apprenticed with John Sayles and Martin Scorsese, but Barnard grad Babbit's boldest inspiration was Amy Heckerling, auteur of Clueless. Says Babbit: "I want a career like hers: do TV commercials, videos, everything!" An open lesbian, she read an article about "homosexual conversion camps" and fashioned a $1.2 million comedy around them. Cheerleader may not be Clueless, but neither is the 29-year-old Babbit. "It's no surprise women can direct films," she says. "It's surprising they're being given the opportunity to do so--and taking...