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Daisy von Scherler Mayer, sometimes credited as Daisy Mayer (born September 14, 1966), is an American film and television director.




Early life


Mayer is the daughter of actress Sasha Von Scherler (born Alexandra-Xenia Elizabeth Anne Marie Fiesola von Schoeler, 1934–2000) and Paul Avila Mayer (1928–2009). She was a grandchild of American screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer.




Career


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. 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, and William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Von Scherler Mayer's feature-film directing debut was the 1995 film Party Girl, which starred Parker Posey and von Scherler Mayer's mother, Sasha. Von Scherler Mayer co-wrote the film, with her partner, Harry Birckmayer. The success of the film led to a television series starring Christine Taylor. In 2023, Party Girl had a restoration and theatrical re-release.
Since Party Girl, von Scherler Mayer has been writing and directing films as well as directing television productions. She directed Madeline, a 1998 film based on Ludwig Bemelmans' famous children's books about the adventures of a young redhaired French girl. Madeline starred Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, and Hatty Jones as Madeline. Her recent television projects have included such television series as Halt and Catch Fire, Yellowjackets, The Walking Dead, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, among others.




Personal life


Von Scherler Mayer is married to film composer David Carbonara, with whom she has two daughters.




Filmography






= Films

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Party Girl (1995)
Woo (1998)
Madeline (1998)
The Guru (2002)
More of Me (2007)
Frenemies (2012)
Some Girl(s) (2013)




= Television

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About a Boy
A Million Little Things
Aliens in America
Ben and Kate
Bosch
Chuck
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Doubt
Emily's Reasons Why Not
Fear the Walking Dead
For the People
Get Shorty
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Good Girls Revolt
Halt and Catch Fire
High Potential
House of Lies
Inventing Anna
Jane by Design
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Tycoon
The Loop
Mad Men
Made For Love
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Mozart in the Jungle
Nurse Jackie
Orange Is the New Black
Outcast
Ray Donovan
Reverie
Shameless
Shining Vale
Shut Eye
Tell Me Your Secrets
The Walking Dead
Whiskey Cavalier
Y: The Last Man
Yellowjackets
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist




References






External links


Daisy von Scherler Mayer at IMDb

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• Edwin Justus Mayer
• Frances McDormand
• Halt and Catch Fire (seri televisi)
• Daisy von Scherler Mayer
• Scherler
• Party Girl (1995 film)
• Yellowjackets (TV series)
• Some Girl(s) (film)
• High Potential (TV series)
• Woo (film)
• The Last Thing He Told Me (TV series)
• Daisy (given name)
• Mayer (name)