Amy Seimetz
Birthdate: Nov 25, 1981
Birthplace: Florida, USA
Amy Seimetz first came to prominence producing and directing shorts and independent films. Most notably associate producing Barry Jenkins' Medicine For Melancholy which was nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards, after playing at South By Southwest and the Toronto International Film Festival.
She became notable as an actress after her performance in Joe Swanberg's Alexander The Last, a Noah Baumbach produced film which premiered at SXSW. This was the first of three films she worked on under the direction of Mumblecore king Joe Swanberg, including Silver Bullets (Berlin, SXSW) and Autoerotic. She continued her streak of solid indie performances in Lawrence Levine's "Gabi On The Roof In July", Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture (SXSW), Kentucker Audley's "Open Five", and David Robert Mitchell's Myth of the American Sleepover (Cannes).
Her performance in Adam Wingard's horror thriller A Horrible Way To Die won her the Best Actress award at Fantastic Fest, the biggest genre film festival in the US. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews.
Seimetz is probably most known for her performance in the Megan Griffiths drama "The Off-Hours", which premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2011.
The Hollywood Reporter singled her out as one of the breakouts of Sundance that year, alongside Brit Marling, Elizabeth Olsen, and Felicity Jones.
Seimetz rounded out an all-star cast in the Tribeca Film Festival premiere Revenge For Jolly directed by Chadd Harbold. The ensemble cast included Kristen Wiig, Elijah Wood, Oscar Isaac, Garrett Dillahunt, Ryan Phillippe, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody and Brian Petsos. The film marked a reunion for Seimetz with her co-stars Wiig, Dilahunt, and Petsos from the Chadd Harbold short film "One Night Only".
In 2012 Seimetz made her narrative feature directorial debut with her Floridian thriller Sun Don't Shine, which she also wrote, produced, and co-edited. The film premiered at the South By Southwest film festival in the Emerging Visions section to rave reviews.
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- 2021 | No Sudden MoveasMary Wertz
No Sudden Move
A group of criminals that are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.
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- 2020 | The Secrets We KeepasRachel
The Secrets We Keep
In post-WWII America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
- 2019 | Beyond the Deadfall
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- 2022 | Wild Nights with Emily
Wild Nights with Emily
Dramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.
- 2019 | Pet SemataryasRachel
Pet Sematary
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home.
- 2018 | Memory/Lies
- 2018 | Lean on Pete
Lean on Pete
A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.
- 2017 | My Days of Mercy
- 2017 | Alien: CovenantasFaris
Alien: Covenant
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
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- 2016 • 5 eps | The Girlfriend Experienceas Annabel Reade
- 2015 | Entertainment
- 2014 | I Believe in Unicorns
- 2014 | The Reconstruction of William Zero
- 2013 | 9 Full Moons
- 2013 | The Sacrament
- 2013 | Upstream Coloras Kris
- 2013 | You’re NextasAimee
You’re Next
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
- 2012 | Be Good
- 2012 | Sun Don't Shineas Writer
- 2011 | Autoerotic
- 2011 | Silver Bullets
- 2011 | Small Pond
- 2011 | The Dish & the Spoon
- 2011 | The Jonestown Defense
- 2011 | The Off Hours
- 2010 | A Horrible Way to Die
- 2010 | Bitter Feast
- 2010 | Despedida
- 2010 | Incredibly Small
- 2010 | Open Five
- 2009 | Alexander the Last
- 1983 | PossessionasBeth
Possession
A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
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- 2020 | She Dies Tomorrow
She Dies Tomorrow
A woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.
