Amy Talkington

Talkington was born in Dallas, Texas. Her father, Clement Talkington, is a surgeon; her mother, Virginia Savage McAlester, was an architectural historian and political activist.^[1][2]

Talkington attended the Hockaday School in Dallas^[3] and Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut.^[4] She received her B.A. from Barnard College^[5] and her M.F.A. in film directing from Columbia University's School of the Arts.^[6]

Talkington first received attention for her short films, all of which revolve around a young and headstrong female protagonist. Number One Fan (1997) won the jury prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival;^[7] Second Skin (1998) was in competition the Sundance Film Festival^[8] and was acquired by Canal +, HBO, and the Sundance Channel;^{[citation needed]} and Bust (1999) was part of Fox 2000's FXM shorts series.^[9] The New Arrival (2000) was the first film ever made using the "immersive" running 360-degree camera.^[10][11] It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival^[10] and was a part of the Sundance Online Film Festival^[12] and International Film Festival Rotterdam.^[13]

Talkington wrote and directed her first feature, The Night of the White Pants, in 2006. The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival^[14] and stars Tom Wilkinson, Selma Blair, and Nick Stahl.^[15] Her screenwriting work includes an adaptation of Ungifted,^{[citation needed]} the musical Undercover,^[16] the musical #HotFuss,^[17] an adaptation of the memoir Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched,^[18] a remake of Valley Girl,^[19] and a remake of Private Benjamin.^[20] Talkington is also developing an adaptation of her own novel Liv, Forever.^[21] She wrote the screenplays for the TV movies Brave New Girl^[22] and Avalon High; she and Julie Sherman Wolfe won a Writers Guild of America Award for the latter.^[23]

Talkington lives in Los Angeles with her husband, record producer, music supervisor, and music editor Robbie Adams.^[24] They have two daughters.^[25]

Short film

Feature film

Television