BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
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amy talkington is a writer and director living in los angeles.amy wrote and directed the feature film, "the night of the white pants," which stars oscar-nominee tom wilkinson, nick stahl and selma blair. the comedy, which premiered at the tribeca film festival, was released in 2008 and can be rented on dvd or itunes.
amy's short films "our very first sex tape" (2003), "the new arrival" (2000), "bust" (1999), "second skin" (1998) and "number one fan" (1997) were selected for numerous distinguished festivals including the sundance film festival and received a number of accolades including top festival prizes and the new line cinema award for best director. in addition, her shorts have been released on dvd and acquired by television worldwide, including sales to canal + france, hbo and the sundance channel.
as a writer, amy has written screenplays for fox 2000, 20th century fox, mgm, summit entertainment and madonna's maverick entertainment. most recently she wrote the remake of the 80s teen movie "valley girl" for mgm.
in the television arena, amy has developed original tv pilots with mtv networks, regency productions, ubu productions and tollin-robbins. in 2004, amy wrote and was a producer on the abc family movie "brave new girl" which starred oscar-nominee virginia madsen and lindsay haun.
amy was selected as one of filmmaker magazine's "25 new indie faces to watch" and was singled out as one of four up-and-coming female directors by vogue magazine. she has also been featured on mtv, the sundance channel, the independent film channel, cnn, e!, msnbc and the bbc.
before making films, amy wrote about music and film. she has written for vh-1, spin, mademoiselle, college music journal, interview, seventeen and ray gun magazines.
originally from texas, amy graduated magna cum laude from barnard college with a degree in art history. she went on to receive an mfa in film from columbia university's film division.
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while amy's primary focus has been on writing and directing traditional narratives for film and television, she is also accomplished as an interactive, new media filmmaker, where she strives to experiment with new kinds of storytelling.in the early 90s, amy wrote and directed interactive articles for the cd-rom magazine blender. then, in 1996, amy directed "first comes love," which was one of the first online soap operas for theknot.com. pre-streaming video, it told the story through text and still images.
in 2000, amy co-wrote and directed the 360-degree-video short "the new arrival" for which the new york times named her "one of the few women to break out on the internet." critically acclaimed as "ingenious" and "ground-breaking," the short was an online hit and also screened in numerous festivals, including the first-ever sundance online film festival. "the new arrival" eventually landed in a film history textbook as an important example of interactive storytelling.
in 2003, amy directed "our very first sex tape," which was conceived of as a viral internet short, playing on the internet obsession with sex tapes. to date the film (which has no sexual content) has gotten over 2.5 million hits on atomfilms.com.
most recently, amy created "confessions," an interactive web project which was released on atomfilms.com in august, 2007.
"confessions" was selected as an official honoree for the drama series category in the 12th annual webby awards.
C.V.
education:columbia university film division, nyc, ny
m.f.a. in film directing, 1999
barnard college, nyc, ny
b.a. in art history, 1993, magna cum laude
vassar college, poughkeepsie, ny
dean's list, 1988-1990
experience as a writer/director:
"undercover," 2010
feature screenplay
writer
summit entertainment
"valley girl," 2009
feature screenplay
writer
mgm
"iolanta," 2009
feature screenplay
writer, attached to direct
"deeply shallow and really fake," 2009
feature screenplay
writer/attached to direct
"confessions," 2007
internet project
writer/director/producer
atomfilms.com
"avalon high," 2008
screenplay based on the book by meg cabot
disney channel
"the night of the white pants," 2006
independent feature film
writer/director
harrison productions/ adirondack pictures
"the devil in the junior league," 2006
feature screenplay adaptation of the book
writer
fox 2000
"chloe kraft: songs to get a new life to," 2005
half-hour t.v. pilot screenplay
writer
regency television
"brave new girl," 2004
t.v. movie
writer/producer
abc family/ lions gate
"our very first sex tape," 2003
short internet film
director
"queen of the rodeo" a.k.a. "rodeo girl," 2002
feature screenplay
writer
20th century fox/maverick entertainment
"the new arrival," 2000
short interactive movie
co-writer/director
atomfilms.com
"welcome to the johnsons," 2000
half-hour t.v. pilot screenplay
writer
tollin/robbins productions
"diary of a mad freshman" 2000
feature screenplay
writer
redeemable features
"bust," 1999
short film
writer/director
fxm: movies from fox
"second skin," 1998
short film
co-writer/director
"number one fan," 1997
short film
writer/director