Amy Omar

BIOGRAPHIE

Amy Omar is a Turkish American writer, director, producer, and entertainment lawyer living in NYC. Amy is particularly interested in narratives around Middle Eastern / Muslim characters and themes of cultural isolation, superstitions, religion, and feminism. Amy is a recipient of Wavelength Productions' WAVE (Women At the Very Edge) Grant for BIPOC, first time female filmmakers and wrote and directed her first short film, Breaking Fast with a Coca-Cola which premiered at SXSW in 2023 and also screened at various Oscar-qualifying festivals. In Spring 2022, she produced the short film Letter Eight, a recipient of the Kodak Shot on Film Fund. Letter Eight premiered at the Santa Monica Film Festival in 2023. Amy has currently wrapped post-production on her second short film, Ayşegül on Tuesdays, which was a top three finalist for the Toy Cox Short Screenplay Award at the 2023 Nantucket Film Festival. Along with Breaking Fast with a Coca-Cola, Ayşegül on Tuesdays will be part of a three-part short film anthology centered around the Turkish-American experience. Amy is also developing a feature film, Kismet, with the support of Stowe Narrative Labs. The screenplay for Kismet was a finalist for the 2023 Sundance Muslim Artist Accelerator and the Wscripted Cannes Screenplay List.

FILMOGRAPHIE