![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Screenwriter Born: Madison, WI Biography:After toiling for a dozen years in the New York film industry, "Jill Sprecher" broke through to the ranks of writer-directors with the independent feature "Clockwatchers" (1997).
Raised in Madison, WI, Sprecher stayed close to home for college, studying philosophy and literature at the University of Wisconsin's Madison campus. Relocating to New York City after college, Sprecher earned a graduate degree in cinema studies at N.Y.U. and got her start in the movie industry as a production assistant on the cult favorite "Liquid Sky" (1983). Remaining an avowed New Yorker, Sprecher worked as a production manager and/or production coordinator on a number of New York-based independent and studio productions, including "Enemies, A Love Story" (1989) and "Where the Heart Is" (1990). Supplementing her movie income with temp work, Sprecher drew on the experience when she decided to co-write a screenplay with... Full Biography
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