#pemelope spheeris

Penelope Spheeris directs Rob Lowe and Mike Myers on the set of Waynes World (1992). Waynes World was the number six biggest blockbuster hit of the year, making Penelope the third female director with a blockbuster hit, after Amy Heckerling and Penny Marshall.

Penny was born in New Orleans and has 38 director credits from a 1969 short, to a 2012 tv movie, The Real St Nick. Her other notable credits include her first feature, the 1981 punk rock documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, as well as parts II and III, The Beverly Hillbillies, and five heavy metal videos.