tv writer. SCREENWRITER. PLAYWRIGHT.

Amy Fox is an acclaimed writer who is known for her sharp sense of humor and gripping storytelling. Most recently she was a Co-Producer on The Conners on ABC. Amy wrote the screenplay for Equity, a financial thriller, which premiered at Sundance 2016 and was released by Sony Pictures Classics.

Amy is also a educator and writing coach as well as a passionate advocate for elevating diverse voices in the arts and the workplace. She was a screenwriting professor at NYU's Graduate Film School for over a decade, and has served as a mentor in the Meryl Streep Women's Lab and The Sundance Collab Program.

Amy started her career as a playwright in New York and a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater. Amy recently lured her husband and two children away from their home in Brooklyn with the promise of a sunnier life in Los Angeles. Amy misses New York, but having grown up in Colorado, feels right at home in a place with beautiful mountains and no decent bagels.

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TELEVISION

Amy spent three seasons as a writer on The Conners where she joked about depressing things and wrote for one of the best casts on television. She is currently developing television projects with Spycraft Entertainment and Lumina Pictures.






Features

SHELTER
A post-pandemic dinner party takes a sudden turn when a Brooklyn family is forced to reveal the dark costs of their social isolation.

Currently under option to Resonate Entertainment.

EQUITY
“bracing, witty and suspenseful ... a feminist thriller sharply attuned to the nuances of its chosen milieu." - The New York Times 
 
An investment banker fights to rise to the top of the corporate ladder at a competitive Wall Street firm, navigating a controversial tech IPO in the male-dominated post-financial crisis world. 

PRESS
"Review: In 'Equity,' No Room For Sisterhood Amid Gloves-Off Wall Street Warfare" - The New York Times

"What Did It Take to Make 'Equity', a Film About Women on Wall Street?" - The New York Times

"In Equity, Women's Greed is Good" - New Republic

"No Hollywood Ending for Women on Wall Street" - American Banker

"How Women in Finance Inspired Me to Make a Movie" - Motto

HEIGHTS
“Apart from the movie's mysteries and revelations it's chief pleasure comes through simple voyeurism. It is entertaining to see the lives of complex people become brutally simple all of a sudden." - Roger Ebert

Heights follows five New Yorkers over a whirlwind 24 hours as their secrets emerge and their relationships begin to unravel. Starring Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Jesse Bradford, Merchant Ivory Productions commisioned Fox to adapt her one-act play into a screenplay after the play was produced in 2000.

Heights premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was released nationwide by Sony Pictures Classics.

SPEAKING & EVENTS


Amy has appeared as a speaker or guest artist at:   

  • The Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado  
  • The Writers Lab of NYWIFT & IRIS,  The Voice of a Woman Festival 
  • Stern College for Women
  • CUNY Honors Program 
  • International Bosphorus Film Festival, Istanbul  
  • Brown University 
  • Boston International Film Festival, 2008 
  • Generation Women

Amy has spoken on topics including: gender parity and inclusive representation in media and the workplace, arts and activism, the creative process, and building a career as a writer. She has also shared her personal story of living with invisible disability.

Writing workshops & script consulting



Amy was a full-time screenwriting professor and Head of Writing at NYU Tisch's esteemed Graduate Film Program for over a decade. She has also taught at Sundance Collab and Brooklyn College, and mentored at The Writer's Lab and Cinestory. She has guest lectured around the country, including at Harvard University, Brown University, Stephens College, and Amherst College.

She currently offers workshops on the craft and business of writing for film and television.

“Each class is packed with the perfect blend of practical and inspirational.  She speaks honestly about her vast experience in the industry but makes sure to anchor us in the practice of art.”

“That was the clearest (and most concise) explanation of structure I’ve ever heard in a class.”

“It’s also very cool to learn from the artists she brings together- I’ve already connected with attendees outside of class, which is a testament to the type of community Amy encourages."


Contact

amy@amyfox.net

MANAGER
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Amotz Zakai and MaryJane Skalski
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