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Amy Seimetz is an American actress and filmmaker. She has appeared in several productions, including AMC's The Killing , HBO's Family Tree , and films like Upstream Color , Alien: Covenant , Pet Sematary , and No Sudden Move .
In addition to her acting career, she has directed, written and produced several films, including 2012's Sun Don't Shine and 2020's She Dies Tomorrow . In 2015, she co-wrote, co-directed and executive produced the Starz series The Girlfriend Experience , based on the Steven Soderbergh film of the same name, [1] which was released to positive reviews and acclaim. [2]
Seimetz grew up in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, and briefly attended film school at Florida State University before moving to Los Angeles. There, she worked as a nanny, a waitress, and a seamstress while learning filmmaking. [3]
Seimetz began her film career by producing and directing short and independent films, including Barry Jenkins' Medicine for Melancholy , which was nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards after playing at South By Southwest and the Toronto International Film Festival. She acted in Joe Swanberg's Alexander The Last , which premiered at SXSW. She also worked with Swanberg on Silver Bullets and Autoerotic , continuing with acting roles in Gabi on the Roof in July , Tiny Furniture , [4] Open Five, and The Myth of the American Sleepover .
Seimetz's performance in A Horrible Way to Die won her the Best Actress award at Fantastic Fest. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to good reviews. [5] She appeared in The Off Hours . About her, the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Every year, the Sundance Film Festival has a semi-official 'it girl' who encapsulates the festival's cocktail of discovery and buzz. But what about someone who embodies the independent film world's sense of community and the pitch-in spirit of collaboration, something like a most valuable player? That prize might well go to Amy Seimetz." [6]
The Hollywood Reporter singled Seimetz out as one of the breakouts of Sundance that year: "As a late-night truck-stop waitress and orphaned lost soul, Seimetz invests Off Hours' dead-end world of tiny tragedies with a hidden, hard-won strength." [7] She appeared in Revenge for Jolly! . In 2012, she made her feature directorial debut with the Florida-based thriller Sun Don't Shine , which she also wrote, produced, and co-edited. [8] The film premiered at South By Southwest to rave reviews. [9] Indiewire wrote: "Her terrific directorial debut was a brilliant noir exercise with less mumbling than raw brawls. She pinned me to my Alamo Drafthouse seat and the film kept me there for the next 82 minutes." [10]
Seimetz is the star of Upstream Color and Pit Stop , both of which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In February, she was added as a series regular to AMC's series The Killing . In season 3, she plays Danette Leeds, a "hard-living, financially strapped single mother whose 14-year-old daughter goes missing". [11]
In June 2014, Starz announced that they had ordered a 13-episode anthology series of the film The Girlfriend Experience , co-written, co-directed, and executive produced by Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan. [1] This came after the film's creator Steven Soderbergh stated: "I think if I were going to run a studio I'd just be gathering the best filmmakers I could find and sort of let them do their thing within certain economic parameters. So I would call Shane Carruth, or Barry Jenkins or Amy Seimetz and I'd bring them in and go, OK, what do you want to do?" [12] The series was later renewed for a second season, and Seimetz continued to produce, write, and direct episodes. [13]
In 2017, Seimetz appeared in Alien: Covenant , directed by Ridley Scott, [14] and also had roles in Lean on Pete , directed by Andrew Haigh, [15] and My Days of Mercy , opposite Elliot Page. [16] In 2018, Seimetz starred opposite Molly Shannon in Wild Nights with Emily directed by Madeleine Olnek. [17] That same year, Seimetz directed two episodes of Atlanta , [18] and had a recurring role on the second season of Get Shorty . [19]
In 2019, Seimetz starred in Pet Sematary , an adaption of the novel of the same name by Stephen King. [20] She directed She Dies Tomorrow , starring Kate Lyn Sheil and Jane Adams, which was set to have its world premiere at South by Southwest in March 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] [22]
Seimetz co-starred in 2020's The Comey Rule , a miniseries for Showtime, [23] and the thriller film The Secrets We Keep directed by Yuval Alder. [24]
In 2021, Seimetz was announced as the director and an executive producer of The Idol ; however, by April 2022 she had left the project amid its creative overhaul, with roughly 80% of the series already filmed. Her material was not used in the final project. [25] [26]
In 2016, Seimetz was engaged to filmmaker Shane Carruth, [27] though they had separated by 2019. [28] She later obtained a temporary restraining order against him, alleging years of emotional, mental, and physical abuse, which Carruth denies. [29] In 2020, Seimetz was granted a restraining order against Carruth that will expire in August 2025. [29]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Leaving Baghdad | Short film | |
2004 | The 17th Man | Bookstore Patron | Short film |
2004 | Measure of Love | Short film | |
2005 | The Unseen Kind-Hearted Beast | Georgette | Short film; director, producer, writer, editor |
2005 | Black Dragon Canyon | Elizabeth Sterling | |
2006 | Wristcutters: A Love Story | Nina | |
2006 | Say It | Short film | |
2008 | Medicine for Melancholy | Associate producer | |
2008 | We Saw Such Things | Director, producer, editor | |
2009 | Alexander the Last | Hellen | |
2009 | Round Town Girls | Girl #1 | Short film; also director |
2009 | Time's Up | Deborah | Short film |
2009 | One Night Only | Anna | Short film |
2010 | Gabi on the Roof in July | Chelsea | |
2010 | Tiny Furniture | Ashlynn | |
2010 | Open Five | Lynn | |
2010 | The Myth of the American Sleepover | Julie Higgins | |
2010 | Bitter Feast | Katherine Franks | |
2010 | Incredibly Small | Samantha | |
2010 | Ruff Love | Amy | Short film |
2010 | Despedida | Leah | |
2010 | A Horrible Way to Die | Sarah | |
2011 | The Jonestown Defense | ||
2011 | The Off Hours | Francine | |
2011 | Silver Bullets | Charlie | Also producer |
2011 | The Dish and the Spoon | Emma's Friend | Also producer |
2011 | No Matter What | Laura | Also associate producer |
2011 | Small Pond | Katie | |
2011 | Coffee & Pie | Short film | |
2011 | Autoerotic | ||
2011 | You're Next | Aimee | |
2011 | Special Things to Do | Sandy | Short film |
2012 | Be Good | Mary Kutzman | |
2012 | Revenge for Jolly! | Vicki | |
2012 | Ghost of Old Highways | The Bridesmaid / The Harlot / The Choirgirl | Short film |
2012 | The Possession | Beth | |
2012 | #PostModem | Short film | |
2012 | Sun Don't Shine | Writer, producer, director, editor | |
2013 | When We Lived in Miami | Short film; director & editor | |
2013 | Upstream Color | Kris | |
2013 | Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse | Rollerblading Death Dolphin | |
2013 | 9 Full Moons | Frankie | |
2014 | The Sacrament | Caroline | |
2014 | Lucky Them | Sara | |
2014 | I Believe in Unicorns | Clara | |
2014 | The Reconstruction of William Zero | Jules | |
2014 | Tehachapi | Short film | |
2015 | Entertainment | Woman in Bar | |
2015 | Ma | Misty | |
2015 | We'll Find Something | Kendra | Short film |
2017 | Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Last Supper | Maggie Faris | Short film [30] |
2017 | Alien: Covenant | ||
2017 | Lean on Pete | Lynn | |
2017 | My Days of Mercy | Martha | |
2018 | Wild Nights with Emily | Mabel | |
2019 | Pet Sematary | Rachel Creed | |
2020 | Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia | ||
2020 | She Dies Tomorrow | Director, writer, producer | |
2020 | The Secrets We Keep | Rachel Steinman | |
2020 | Archenemy | Cleo | |
2021 | No Sudden Move | Mary Wertz | |
2022 | The Last Manhunt | Clara True |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Family Tree | Ally Keele | 3 episodes |
2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lena Olsen | Episode: "Rapist Anonymous" |
2013–2014 | The Killing | Danette Leeds | 14 episodes |
2016 | Junior | Ellen | 10 episodes |
2016–2017 | The Girlfriend Experience | Annabel Reade | 5 episodes; also executive producer, writer, director |
2016–2017 | Stranger Things | Becky Ives | 3 episodes |
2016 | Halt and Catch Fire | Michelle Lattimer | Episode: "NIM" |
2018 | Atlanta | Director, 2 episodes | |
2018 | Get Shorty | Jinny [31] | Season 2, recurring role; in production |
2020 | The Comey Rule | Trisha Anderson | Miniseries |
2021–present | Sweet Tooth | Birdie | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) |
2022 | Outer Range | Director, 2 episodes | |
2024 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Director, 2 episodes |
Year | Title | Award | Result |
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2010 | Tiny Furniture | Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance | Nominated |
The Myth of the American Sleepover | SXSW Film Festival Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast | Won I | |
2011 | A Horrible Way To Die | Fantastic Fest Award for Best Actress | Won |
2012 | Sun Don't Shine | SXSW Film Festival Special Jury Award - Emergent Narrative Woman Director | Won |
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You | Nominated | ||
RiverRun International Film Festival Special Jury Prize - Spark Award | Won II | ||
Indiewire Best of 2012 Best Undistributed Film | Won | ||
2013 | Upstream Color | Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress | Nominated |
2013 | Sun Don't Shine | Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director | Nominated [32] |
^I Shared with Claire Sloma, Marlon Morton, Amanda Bauer, Brett Jacobsen, Nikita Ramsey, and Jade Ramsey
^II Shared with Brady Corbet, and David Oyelowo.
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