Amy Reedy Asbjørnsen is a writer-director with her MFA from USC (Film/TV Production). She’s most known for writing for James Franco’s feature, DON QUIXOTE (Netflix, Amazon), for being an Academy Nicholl Semifinalist, and for having a Black List "Trending Script" (score of 8) for her historical romance THE BOY WITH THE PINK TRIANGLE.
From mind-bending sci-fi to fantasy coming-of-age, Amy’s artistic voice focuses on the complexities of relationships and reality: Stories of Love, Longing, & the Liminal. From ideation to editing, she is a filmmaker with years of experience, including mastering the newest tools in generative AI.
Her PINK TRIANGLE script is also a 2x WeScreenplay Finalist, a 2x ScreenCraft Drama Semifinalist, an ISA Table Read My Screenplay (Austin) Top 100, a The Script Lab Semifinalist, on Coverfly's The Red List, an Austin Film Festival Second Rounder, a PAGE Awards Quarterfinalist, and a Stowe Story Labs alum (with scholarship).
Amy is additionally a ScreenCraft Feature Semifinalist and an Austin Film Festival Second Rounder for her horror/sci-fi, HYSTERIA; a ScreenCraft Animation Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Animation Quarterfinalist, and a WeScreenplay Quarterfinalist for her mixed live-action anime fantasy romance script, DREAM BOY; and an ISA Table Read My Screenplay Crime/Mystery/Thriller Top 100 for her drama script, AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT.
Amy wrote-directed viral short film “Truth or Drink” (2.5Million+ views), festival film “Girl in her Twenties” (Distribution: ShortsTV, IndieFlix, BitPix; Festivals: HollyShorts, Carmel, Female Eye), and brand content for AT&T, Shakey’s Pizza, TikTok, and YouTube.
A mom of two precocious children, Amy lives in the San Gabriel Valley, continuing her work from ideas to edits with the help of coffee (or more honestly, Red Bull). To contact Amy, please email her at amyareedy@gmail.com
Education
- MFA Film & Television Production at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts
- Fall 2011 – Fall 2014 Los Angeles, CA
- BA at Colorado College
- Fall 2004 – Spring 2008 Colorado Springs, CO
- Criminology Course at Cambridge University
- Summer 2003 Cambridge, England