Amy Talkington | |
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| Education | Barnard College (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Alma mater | Choate Rosemary Hall |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Relatives | Wallace H. Savage (grandfather) Virginia Savage McAlester (mother) |
Amy Virginia Talkington is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and author.
Talkington was born in Dallas, Texas. Her father, Clement Talkington, is a surgeon; her mother, Virginia Savage McAlester, is an architectural historian and political activist.[ citation needed ]
Talkington attended the Hockaday School in Dallas and Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and her M.F.A. in film directing from Columbia University's School of the Arts.
Talkington first received notice for her short films, all of which take as their subject a young and headstrong female protagonist. Number One Fan (1997) won the jury prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival; [1] Second Skin (1998) was in competition the Sundance Film Festival, [2] won several top festival prizes and was acquired by Canal +, HBO, and the Sundance Channel; and Bust (1999) was part of Fox 2000's FXM shorts series. [3] The New Arrival (2000) was the first (and one of the only) films ever made using the “Be Here” 360-degree camera. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, was a part of the Sundance Online Film Festival, [4] Rotterdam International Film Festival [5] and became an early example of online, interactive storytelling. [6]
Talkington wrote and directed her first feature, Night of the White Pants, in 2006. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival [7] and stars Tom Wilkinson, Selma Blair, and Nick Stahl. Her recent screenwriting work includes Ungifted, Under Cover, the musical #HotFuss, [8] an adaptation of the memoir Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched, and remakes of the 1980s films Valley Girl [9] and Private Benjamin. [10] Talkington is also developing her own novel Liv, Forever. [11] She also wrote the screenplays for the TV movies Brave New Girl and Avalon High, for which she won a Writers Guild Award. [12]
Talkington lives in Los Angeles with her husband, record producer and film- music supervisor and editor Robbie Adams. [13] They have two daughters.
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