Amy Jennings

Amy Jennings was born in Southern California to a large creative family. After a traumatic stage experience is 6th grade, she vowed to never take the stage again. At 23 she broke that vow and acted in 100+ plays, 15 films and 2 TV shows. Several years and a myriad of auditions later, she began to write roles for herself. This then developed into a feature length script. She found a passion for then story and has not looked back since. As a day job, she opened an art based after school program to guide young creative to fight through their fears and pursue the arts.Amy Jennings started as an actor and still pursues that passion but when the roles don't come, she doesn't stop. Writing has become another passion, knowing there are stories that need to be told. Amy loves the under belly of the world. She watches the most vulnerable of our society and writes on their behalf. The goals for this upcoming year are to create a portfolio of work and start seeking representation as well as produce one of my pieces.

I graduated with a BA in theatre arts from Sonoma State University with an emphasis in acting. I was a stage actress for 15 years then transitioned over to Hollywood with 15 films and television roles credited. I have produced several short films, an episodic, 2 PSA’s and one feature. Received a Silver Telly Award for one of the PSA’s produced 2 years ago for Women in Film. I started writing five years ago to give myself access to more roles that I wanted to play and fell in love with creating. The two short films I have written with my co-creator, Diq Diamond, A Home Called Hunger and The Bunker, were produced. And I was nominated for Best writer at the Idyllwild Film Festival in 2017 for The Bunker.Currently, I have one feature finished and on its third draft, The Legend of Milky, a female based western. I currently am a student of the UCLA screenwriting program where I am working on a biopic script about my grandmother and her involvement with Al Capone. I have a screenplay I am writing with my co-creator, Diq Diamond, in hopes to film at a cabin we have been gifted with for two weeks this summer. I have several short films written in first draft format and 2 other features that are about half way complete. I am hoping to gain some knowledge through this Sundance program and receive the valuable feedback I am in need of to move my scripts forward.