Amy Hicks
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San Francisco California USA |
Contact Type: Artist |
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Bio:
Amy Hicks (Writer, Director, and Producer) is based in Oakland, CA. Her first film, "Eve’s Motive" a playful retelling of “The Fall of Man” on super-8, screened at Artists’ Television Access in 1999. After receiving a Film Arts Foundation grant in 2000 she shot "Hatching Beauty" on a larger film gauge (16mm) and learned to edit digitally. The award-winning "Hatching Beauty" has appeared internationally at New Langton Arts, the Big Muddy Film Festival, Ladyfest Bay Area, Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival among others. Her 2nd film is also on tour with the Genetic Screenings Film Series premiering May 2002 at the Henry Art Museum in Seattle. For work, Amy gets the occasional freelance photography gig. Recent clients include Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco State University, documentary filmmaker David Brown, and the musical duo Dandeline. Filmography/Awards Info: July 26, 2001 New Langton Arts (SF, CA); Screened as a work-in-progress as part of the Humans Discontinued program November 8, 2001 Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema (SF, CA); Selected to Premiere Opening Night in the Pop Pop Program at Balboa Theater Feb 22-March 3, 2002 24th Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, IL) Bronze Prize Winner March 15, 2002 40th Ann Arbor Film Festival (Ann Arbor, MI); Screened with a series of selected shorts at Michigan Theater Liberty St. Video Award for Film Best Addressing Gender Issues March 19, 2002 Insurgency Pictures (SF, CA); Screened with award-winning experimental Copy Shop April 5, 2002 Humboldt International Short Film Festival (Humboldt, CA); Screened at the People’s Choice Night at Humboldt State University April 9, 2002 The 2002 WorldFest-Houston (Houston, TX); Screened with David Latt’s feature Jane White is Sick and Twisted Grand Prize Winner May 9, 2002 Henry Art Museum (Seattle, WA); First leg of traveling exhibit Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics and Genetic Screenings Film Series May 13-June 7, 2002 Let it Breed: CALF’s 5th Anniversary Exhibition (Sausalito, CA); Stills from Hatching Beauty on view at Genetic Savings & Clone June 3, 2002 Lost Film Fest (Philadelphia, PA); Screened with several shorts at the Rotunda and touring July 27, 2002 LadyFest Bay Area (SF, CA); Screened as part of The Flesh Connection at ATA August 2-3, 2002 The 2002 Hardacre Film Festival (Tipton, Iowa) Honorable Mention August 21, 2002 Microcinema’s Independent Exposure (Providence, RI); the women’s edition 2002 featured fifteen short works by female directors, Columbus Theater August 27, 2002 Microcinema’s Independent Exposure (SF, CA); the women’s edition 2002 featured fifteen short works by female directors at 111 Minna Street Gallery August 30, 2002 Microcinema’s Independent Exposure (Houston, TX); the women’s edition 2002 at firestation #3 Sept 10/Oct 15, 2002 DUTV (Philadelphia, PA); Aired at 10:30 pm and 2:30 am on public DUTV’s Tuesday Night Specials Sept. 14-15, 2002 GreenReel (Los Angeles, CA); Screened at the Chaplin Theater, Raleigh Studios in Hollywood Sept. 20-28, 2002 The 5th Annual Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video (Victoria, BC, Canada); Screened at the Open Space Arts Centre Sept. 27, 2002 The 6th Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival (SF, CA); Screened at ATA October 20, 2002 The Los Angeles International Shorts Festival (Hollywood, CA); Screened at the Los Angeles Film School November 3, 2002 Microcinema’s Independent Exposure (Santa Cruz, CA); the women’s edition 2002 featured fifteen short works by female directors at the Rio Theatre Nov. 16, 2002 Lola’s Film Fest (Oakland, CA); Screened at Temescal Art Center Nov. 22 & 23, 2002 Ecofemme (SF, CA); Screened at Brava! Center for Women in the Arts January 14, 2003 Microcinema’s Independent Exposure (Ann Arbor, MI); the women’s edition 2002 at the Michigan Theater in cooperation with the Women’s Studies Department of the University of Michigan January 23, 2003 Microcinema’s Independent Exposure (Winnipeg, CANADA); the women’s edition 2002 March 14-23, 2003 Women in the Director’s Chair 22nd Annual International Film and Video Festival (Chicago, IL) TBA 2003 Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley, CA); Traveling with Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics and Genetic Screenings Film Series HATCHING BEAUTY Credits: Writer, Director, Producer Amy Hicks Model Maker/Set Designer Terrance Graven Editor Dennis C. Castro The Cast Eve Monsant Marilee Talkington Lily Monsant Annalise Ashdown Corporate Hands Brian Van Tress and Christian Bruno Art Department Factory Production Crew Robert Ramos, Brian Van Tress, and Negin Bairami Prop Wrangler/Scenic Designer Rebecca Szeto The Crew Animators Terrance Graven, Natalija Vekic, and Rebecca Szeto Camera Operator Amy Hicks and Christian Bruno Gaffer William Virginia Basquin Still Photographer Michele Sieglitz Post-Production Additional Editors Amy Hicks and Jonathan Seagull Sound Design Dan Olmsted and Kathy McVey Post-Production Houses lilblackcat studios, Industrial City Films, and the Saul Zaentz Film Center Supported by the Film Arts Foundation Grant Program ash productions/Amy Hicks © November 2001 This Contact appears in this database if Microcinema International has screened a film directed by the Contact, a film directed by the contact is featured in a DVD distributed by the Blackchair Collection Shop, or featured an organization or activity linked with the Contact. 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