[citation needed] Fielder began her academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in fine arts.
[1] She subsequently moved to New York City and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater under Sanford Meisner.
In the following years, Fielder wrote several scripts for studios such as Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. She also directed thirtysomething for ABC television and a number of other series.
Wild About Harry (2009) tells the story of a teenage girl who discovers a shocking secret about her recently widowed father.
[citation needed] Togetherness Supreme (2010) is the first feature film shot entirely in Kibera, Kenya,[6] and tells a story of intertribal conflict and reconciliation set against the backdrop of the contested presidential election in 2007.