Is Lady Bird based on Greta Gerwig?

Greta Celeste Gerwig is an actress, screenwriter, and director from the United States. Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s critically acclaimed 2017 film, was written and directed by her.

It was her first film as a director, and it was nominated for two Academy Awards and won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

Greta Gerwig and the character Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson grew up in Sacramento, California in the early 2000s and attended an all-girls private Catholic high school.

Though there are parallels between Gerwig and the film, the Lady Bird film is not a recreation of Greta Gerwig’s high school experience.

“Lady Bird is the opposite of how I was in Catholic school. I was a real rule-follower and a people-pleaser and a gold star-getter,” says Gerwig.

In an interview with The  Hollywood Reporter, she said “Lady Bird is a flawed heroine that I invented.” She added, “Even though I start with things that are close to me, they so quickly spin out and become their own characters”  She described Lady Bird as “the girl I wished I could’ve been, in a way”