Jamie Babbit

Jamie Babbit is an American lesbian filmmaker known for But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), a camp satire of conversion therapy camps starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall that became a cult classic of queer cinema, and Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007). She has directed extensive episodic television including episodes of Gilmore Girls, Ugly Betty, and Dollface. Babbit has been openly lesbian throughout her career and But I'm a Cheerleader, made for under $1 million, endures as one of the most beloved queer films in American independent cinema.