Zoe Cassavetes

Zoe Rowlands Cassavetes (born June 29, 1970) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress.

In 1994, she and her filmmaking friend Sofia Coppola created and hosted the Comedy Central television series Hi Octane,[3] a skit and variety show that featured guests including Keanu Reeves, Beastie Boys and Martin Scorsese.

[3] She is best known as the director and writer of the 2007 romance-comedy film Broken English, which featured Parker Posey and Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes's mother.

[2] Her inspiration for Broken English came from her perception of other people's impression that happiness only comes from being in love with someone,[4] saying: "I got caught up and swept up in the whole idea that I didn't have any worth until I found that person ...

The supporting cast includes Melanie Griffith, Eddie Izzard, Cheyenne Jackson, Vincent Kartheiser, Alessandro Nivola, Brooke Smith and Bellamy Young.