A memorial to honour New York writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron has been scheduled for July 9.

Jacob Bernstein, one of Ephron's two children, revealed the date of the upcoming service on Wednesday, though further details, including the location, are still being determined.

Influential, Oscar-nominated director, producer and screenwriter Ephron died Tuesday in New York at the age of 71 after a battle with leukemia.

"Nora Ephron always loved a good New York story, and she could tell them like no one else," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement via Twitter.

"NYC will miss her very much."

Though best known to younger audiences as the successful filmmaker behind such titles as Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and Julie & Julia, Ephron was also a top-selling author (Heartburn, I Feel Bad About My Neck, I Remember Nothing) and a noted playwright (Love, Loss and What I Wore).

She made the move to the movies after first establishing a successful career as a journalist writing for The New York Post, Esquire and The New York Times during her 20s and 30s.

Her passing on Tuesday drew a wave of tributes from fans as well as colleagues in journalism and the arts.

"Nora Ephron was a journalist [and] artist who knew what was important to know: how things really worked, what was worthwhile, who was fascinating and why. At a dinner table and on a film set she lifted us all with wisdom and wit mixed with love for us and love for life," actor and producer Tom Hanks said in a statement.

With files from the Associated Press