Daisy von Scherler Mayer

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| occupation = Film director, television director, screenwriter

| years_active = 1989–present

| spouse = David Carbonara

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Daisy von Scherler Mayer, sometimes credited as Daisy Mayer (born September 14, 1966),{{cite web| url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/daisy-von-scherler-mayer/1501/| title=Daisy von Scherler Mayer Biography| publisher=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}} 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,Adrian Room: Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. 5. Auflage. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA497&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false S.497], Teilansicht 1934–2000) and Paul Avila Mayer (1928–2009). She was a grandchild of American screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer.{{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}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/filmstudies/alumni.html |title=Alumni, Film Studies |publisher=Wesleyan University |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 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-09-ca-11122-story.html|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}} Von Scherler Mayer co-wrote{{cite web | url=https://www.vogue.com/article/party-girl-25th-anniversary-parker-posey | title=25 Years Later, the Makers of 'Party Girl' Reflect on the Film's Enduring Fashion Legacy | date=June 10, 2020 }} the film with her partner,{{cite web | url=https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/558-daisy-von-scherler-mayers-top-10 | title=Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Top 10 }} Harry Birckmayer.{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/738837%7C0/Harry-Birckmayer/ | title=Harry Birckmayer }} The success of the film led to a television series starring Christine Taylor.{{cite news|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/show/158775/Party-Girl/overview|work=The New York Times|title=Party Girl}} In 2023, Party Girl had a restoration and theatrical re-release.{{cite web |last1=Bergeson |first1=Samantha |title=Parker Posey's Cult Comedy Classic 'Party Girl' Celebrates 4K Restoration and a Return to Theaters |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/party-girl-parker-posey-4k-restoration-1234821657/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=29 September 2023 |date=22 March 2023}}

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.{{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 }} Her recent television projects have included such television series as Halt and Catch Fire, Yellowjackets,{{Cite web |date=2023-04-27 |title=The Everlasting Appeal of 'Party Girl' |url=https://jezebel.com/party-girl-rerelease-1850382585 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Jezebel |language=en}} The Walking Dead,{{Cite web |date=2019-04-16 |title=2019 Gracie Winners |url=https://allwomeninmedia.org/gracies/2019-gracie-winners/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Alliance for Women in Media |language=en-US}} and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,{{Cite news |title=The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 Episode 4 Review : Plenty of music, dance and a few surprises in store in this episode |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/english/marvelous-mrs-maisel/season-5/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-season-5-episode-4/episodereview/99581694.cms |access-date=2024-01-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} among others.

Personal life

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