Amy Seimetz
Biography
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.
44years old
Turns 45 on November 25in 43 days
- Born Tampa, Florida, USA
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Amy Lynne Seimetz
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 12 years2010 to 2022
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Behind the camera
Seimetz was announced as director and executive producer of The Idol, but left the project in April 2022 during a creative overhaul after roughly 80% of the series had been filmed, and her material was not used.
Behind the camera
Seimetz wrote, produced and co-edited Sun Don't Shine, a Florida thriller that served as her feature directorial debut in 2012. The film premiered at South By Southwest.
First role
Seimetz started out in film by directing and producing shorts and independent movies. One of them, Barry Jenkins' Medicine for Melancholy, played at South By Southwest and the Toronto International Film Festival and earned Gotham and Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Behind the camera
In June 2014, Starz ordered a 13-episode anthology series based on the film The Girlfriend Experience, with Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan as co-writers, co-directors and executive producers. Steven Soderbergh had said he would call Seimetz and bring her in.
Amy Seimetz movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Adam Wingard directed three of these films, Joe Swanberg two. Joe Swanberg appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Joe Swanberg's page
Kate Lyn Sheil's page
AJ Bowen's page
Larry Fessenden's page
Ti West's page
Lane Hughes's page
All films by Adam Wingard
Box office
What Amy Seimetz's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$372 million
11 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 11 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 10Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$241M64.7% of the total
- 2$113M30.4% of the total
- 3$14M3.9% of the total
- 4$2.4M0.6% of the total
- 5$615K0.2% of the total
- 6$444K0.1% of the total
- 7$416K0.1% of the total
- 8$136K0.0% of the total
$71,427from the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total