The Little Rascals
1994
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Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She has directed both documentary and scripted films.
- Anna Fox
- 1968–present
As a child Penelope Spheeris lived with her family in different trailer parks throughout southern California. She spent her teenage years in Orange County, graduating from Westminster High School with a daunting ‘most likely to succeed’ label.
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In all of these films Spheeris reveals the desolation of youth and the American dream gone bad. They depict stories of young people experiencing traumatic pain and alienation.
Jan 30, 2019 · The humor in her movies—whether it’s the essential punk rock doc “The Decline of Western Civilization” or her irresistible 1994 homage to “The Little Rascals”—stems from her clear-eyed understanding of her characters, many of whom participate and re-establish a boy’s club-style society.
Feb 6, 2017 · The film was directed by Penelope Spheeris, who knew Wayne’s World producer (and Saturday Night Live creator) Lorne Michaels from the 70s, when she produced S.N.L. shorts for Albert...
- Garin Pirnia
Mar 28, 2021 · The child of carnival workers, Spheeris spent her childhood bouncing around various trailer parks in Southern California, then attended UCLA film school at the same time as Paul Schrader.
Jun 26, 2015 · During the first two decades of Spheeris' expansive film career she would periodically check in with a loud-mouthed, comical, chaotic, and often out of control youth-fueled music scene of...
