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'@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ '''Daisy von Scherler Mayer''', sometimes credited as '''Daisy Mayer''' (born September 14, 1966),<ref name=tributebio>{{cite web| url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/daisy-von-scherler-mayer/1501/| title=Daisy von Scherler Mayer Biography| publisher=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute Entertainment Media Group]]| access-date=May 29, 2018| archive-date=June 12, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612112857/https://www.tribute.ca/people/daisy-von-scherler-mayer/1501/| url-status=live}}</ref> is an American film and television director. + +She has directed the feature films [[Party Girl (1995 film)|''Party Girl'']], Madeline, The Guru and Some Girl(s). Her television directing credits include: [[Yellowjackets (TV series)|Yellowjackets]], [[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel|''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'']]'', [[The Last Thing He Told Me (miniseries)|The Last Thing He Told Me]], [[Shining Vale]], [[Inventing Anna]], [[Made for Love (TV series)|Made for Love]], [[Y: The Last Man (TV series)|Y The Last Man]], [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]], [[Bosch (TV series)|Bosch]], [[Get Shorty (TV series)|Get Shorty]], [[Ray Donovan]], [[House of Lies]], [[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]], [[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]], [[Mozart in the Jungle]], [[Orange Is the New Black|Orange is the New Black]], [[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'' and [[Mad Men|''Mad Med'']]. + +In 2023, her “cult classic” film, ''Party Girl'' had theatrical re-release. She also returned to the Emmy nominated drama ''Yellowjackets'' helming the season premiere and penultimate episode, joined the final season of ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'', worked with Jennifer Garner on the hit thriller, ''The Last Thing He Told Me'' and directed the season 2 finale of the horror/comedy ''Shining Vale'' with Courtney Cox and Greg Kinnear. ==Life and career== -Mayer is the daughter of actress Sasha von Scherler (1934–2000) and [[Paul Avila Mayer]] (1928–2009). Through her father, she was a grandchild of American screenwriter [[Edwin Justus Mayer]], and through her mother, she was a grandchild of [[Prussia]]n aristocrat Baron Walram Voystingus Albert Alexander von Schoeler.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/sasha-von-scherler-65-actress-who-enlivened-dozens-of-plays.html|title=Sasha Von Scherler, 65, Actress Who Enlivened Dozens of Plays|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|date=April 16, 2000|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517084022/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/sasha-von-scherler-65-actress-who-enlivened-dozens-of-plays.html|url-status=live}}</ref> - -After contributing to the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] as a teen, von Scherler Mayer graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in theater and history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/filmstudies/alumni.html |title=Alumni, Film Studies – Wesleyan University |publisher=Wesleyan.edu |access-date=November 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103020322/http://www.wesleyan.edu/filmstudies/alumni.html |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> Her experience with theater served as a foundation for her career as a director, where she applied her understanding of stage acting to her work for the screen. Upon graduating from Wesleyan, von Scherler Mayer directed contemporary interpretations of classic plays such as [[Euripides]]' ''[[Electra (Euripides)|Electra]]'', and [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]'' and ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona]].''<ref name="Film Bug"/> +The 1995 Sundance Film Festival marked the debut of von Scherler Mayer’s critically acclaimed [[Party Girl (1995 film)|''Party Girl'']], which she co-wrote with Harry Birckmayer. The film launched “indie queen” [[Parker Posey]] and led to a Fox television series. In 2023, Fun City Editions issued a 4K Restoration Blu-Ray of ''Party Girl''. The reissue sold out, ran on the Criterion Channel and led to a theatrical re-release of this "cult classic" in art houses across the US, and in Canada and the UK. ''Party Girl'' screened at the Museum of Modern Art and BAM in NY and is part of a permanent exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. -Von Scherler Mayer's feature-film directing debut was the 1995 film [[Party Girl (1995 film)|''Party Girl'']]. She also co-wrote the film, which starred [[Parker Posey]] and von Scherler Mayer's mother, with her partner Harry Birckmayer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-09/entertainment/ca-11122_1_party-girl|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=This 'Party Girl' Knows How to Have Fun|date=June 9, 1995|first=Peter|last=Rainer|access-date=November 6, 2012|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306062736/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-09/entertainment/ca-11122_1_party-girl|url-status=live}}</ref> The success of the film led to a [[Party Girl (1996 TV series)|television series]] starring [[Christine Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/show/158775/Party-Girl/overview|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Party Girl}}</ref> +After ''Party Girl'', von Scherler Mayer directed a film adaptation of the classic children's book ''Madeline'' which starred Oscar winner [[Frances McDormand]]. She followed this with the Bollywood-influenced comedy ''The Guru'', starring Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei, for Working Title Films. She then returned to her indie roots with a low budget adaptation of Neil LaBute's play Some Girl(s) starring [[Adam Brody]], Emily Watson, Zoe Kazan and [[Kristen Bell]]. As a television director, von Scherler Mayer has directed hour-long dramas and half-hour comedies for network, cable and streaming, including ABC, NBC, CBS, AMC, Showtime, Starz, Amazon, Netflix, AppleTV, Epix and Hulu. -Since ''Party Girl'', von Scherler Mayer has been writing and directing films as well as directing television productions. She directed [[Madeline (1998 film)|''Madeline'']], a 1998 film based on [[Ludwig Bemelmans]]' famous [[Madeline|children's books]] about the adventures of a young redhaired French girl. ''Madeline'' starred [[Frances McDormand]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], and Hatty Jones as Madeline.<ref name="Film Bug">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/341669 |title=Daisy von Scherler Mayer |publisher=Filmbug |date=January 4, 2003 |access-date=2012-08-23 |archive-date=November 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123201437/http://filmbug.com/db/341669 |url-status=live }}</ref> +In 2019, she received a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for her work on [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]. A native New Yorker, von Scherler Mayer worked backstage at the Delacorte Theater as a teen and in her early 20s was a production assistant for Sidney Lumet and Mira Nair. She trained at the Williamstown Theater Festival, Circle in the Square and the Atlantic Theater Company. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of [[Wesleyan University]], von Scherler Mayer received High Honors in Theater and studied film with professor and film historian Jeanine Basinger. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, film and television composer [[David Carbonara]], and their two daughters. -Von Scherler Mayer is married to film composer [[David Carbonara]], with whom she has two daughters.<ref name=officialbio>{{cite web|url=http://daisyvonscherlermayer.com/bio/|title=Bio|publisher=Daisy von Scherler Mayer official website|access-date=May 29, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612115639/http://daisyvonscherlermayer.com/bio/|url-status=live}}</ref> +Mayer is the daughter of actress Sasha von Scherler (1934–2000) and [[Paul Avila Mayer]] (1928–2009). Through her father, she was a grandchild of American screenwriter [[Edwin Justus Mayer]], and through her mother, she was a grandchild of [[Prussia|Prussian]] aristocrat Baron Walram Voystingus Albert Alexander von Schoeler.^[1] ==Films== '