Amy Fox

Amy Fox is an acclaimed screenwriter who has written for theater, film, and TV. She was a writer on three seasons of The Conners on ABC, most recently as a Co-Producer. She wrote the script for the financial thriller Equity, which stars Anna Gunn. The film premiered at Sundance 2016, and was released in theaters nationwide. Amy’s first film, Heights, also premiered at Sundance, and was released in 2005. Amy is currently developing projects for TV and film with Trevor Noah’s Day Zero Productions, Resonate Entertainment and Rohm Feifer Entertainment.

Amy is also a widely-respected mentor and writing coach. She spent over a decade as a faculty member and Head of Writing at NYU’s Tisch Graduate Film Program, and serves as a mentor for several writing labs, including the Meryl Streep Writers Lab and Cinestory.

After nearly 25 years in New York, in 2020 Amy lured her husband and two children away from their home in Brooklyn with the promise of a sunnier life in Los Angeles. Having grown up in Colorado, she feels right at home in a place with beautiful mountains and no decent bagels.

Courses Taught

• Writing the Television Screenplay

Publications

• Films
  • Heights (2005)
  • Equity (2017)
• Plays
  • Summer Cyclone (2000)

External Professional Affiliations

• NYU Tisch Graduate Film School
• Brooklyn College
• New York Stage and Film
• The Writers Lab
• Sundance Collab
• Cinestory