Amy Virginia Talkington is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and author.
Background
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.[1][2]
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;[3] Second Skin (1998) was in competition the Sundance Film Festival,[4] 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.[5] 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,[6] Rotterdam
International Film Festival [7] and became an early example of online, interactive storytelling.[8]
Talkington wrote and directed her first feature, Night of the White Pants, in 2006. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival [9] and stars Tom Wilkinson, Selma Blair, and Nick Stahl.
Her recent screenwriting work includes Ungifted, Under Cover, the musical #HotFuss,[10] an adaptation of the memoir Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched, and remakes of the 1980s films Valley Girl[11] and Private Benjamin.[12] Talkington is also developing her own novel Liv, Forever.[13]
She also wrote the screenplays for the TV movies Brave New Girl and Avalon High, for which she won a Writers Guild Award.[14]
Personal life
Talkington lives in Los Angeles with her husband, record producer and film- music supervisor and editor Robbie Adams.[15] They have two daughters.
