---
title: 'The Princess Diaries (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Garry Marshall'
released: '2001-08-03'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-princess-diaries-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247638/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Princess Diaries (2001)

2001 · 115 min · Comedy, Romance, Family · United States


## Synopsis

The Princess Diaries is a 2001 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by Gina Wendkos. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is based on Meg Cabot's 2000 novel of the same name and stars Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Héctor Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall, and Robert Schwartzman. In the film, shy American teenager Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway) learns she is crown princess of Genovia and receives tutelage from her estranged grandmother Clarisse Renaldi (Andrews), Genovia's reigning queen, as she decides whether to claim or renounce her title.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Garry Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-marshall)
- **Screenplay:** [Gina Wendkos](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-wendkos)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Debney](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-debney)
- **Producer:** [Whitney Houston](https://cinepixo.com/people/whitney-houston), [Debra Martin Chase](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-martin-chase), [Mario Iscovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-iscovich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Walter Lindenlaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-walter-lindenlaub)
- **Editor:** [Bruce Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-green)

## Cast

- [Caroline Goodall](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-goodall)
- [Barry Ratcliffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-ratcliffe)
- [Brian Phelps](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-phelps)
- [Joel McCrary](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mccrary)
- [Bonnie Aarons](https://cinepixo.com/people/bonnie-aarons)
- [Larry Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-miller)
- [Sandra Oh](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-oh)
- [Stanley Frazen](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-frazen)
- [Héctor Elizondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-elizondo) as Joe
- [John McGivern](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcgivern)
- [Todd Lowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-lowe)
- [Lauren Maltby](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-maltby)
- [Heather Matarazzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-matarazzo) as Lilly Moscovitz
- [Robert Schwartzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-schwartzman)
- [Erik von Detten](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-von-detten)

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