Original Studio Movie Still 8"x10".My Girl is a 1991 American tragic comedy film directed by Howard Zieff and written by Laurice Elehwany. The film, starring Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in her feature film debut, depicts the coming-of-age of a young girl who faces many different emotional highs and lows. The film also stars Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. A book based on the script was written by Patricia Hermes in 1991.