Amy Hobby

Production

Amy Hobby

Amy Hobby is a co-founder of Distribution Advocates, where she oversees the Film-Ade Fund. Film-ADE provides grants for innovation in audience building for US theatrical and non-theatrical releases. Hobby previously served as the Executive Director of the nonprofit Tribeca Film Institute from 2016-2020. She is also an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer whose films have premiered at Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, SXSW, Tribeca, Telluride (among other festivals).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Secretary poster
6.8

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

Secretary

2002

The Last Laugh poster
7.0

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.

The Last Laugh

2016

The Concert for New York City poster
5.1

The Concert for New York City (2001) captures the star-studded benefit held at Madison Square Garden on October 20, 2001, honoring the city’s resilience and the heroism of first responders after 9/11. Attended by thousands of firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers, the concert features performances by Paul McCartney, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, and other music legends in a powerful tribute to unity, courage, and recovery.

The Concert for New York City

2001

Love, Marilyn poster
6.5

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.

Love, Marilyn

2013

Nadja poster
5.7

In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.

Nadja

1995

Hamlet poster
5.8

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

Hamlet

2000

Paint It Black poster
5.8

The death of Michael leaves behind the two women he loved, his girlfriend and his mother, both of whom blame each other for his suicide. Joined by their grief, the two women are soon drawn into a twisted relationship.

Paint It Black

2016

What Happened, Miss Simone? poster
7.4

The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV poster
6.8

The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and prophesied both the fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding that would arise from the interconnected metaverse of today's world.

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

2023

Lucky Them poster
6.0

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

Lucky Them

2013

Modern Persuasion poster
5.1

A single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend is hired by her company.

Modern Persuasion

2020

ariana grande: excuse me, i love you poster
7.9

Ariana Grande takes the stage in London for her Sweetener World Tour and shares a behind-the-scenes look at her life in rehearsal and on the road.

ariana grande: excuse me, i love you

2020

Gayby poster
5.4

Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer's block and can't get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a promise to have a child together... the old fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood?

Gayby

2012

At Sundance poster
5.8

A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg Araki, Abel Ferrara, Atom Egoyan, James Gray, Robert Redford, Haskell Wexler, among many others. Co-directed by Amy Hobby. [Filmed in Pixelvision and blown-up to evocatively grainy 16mm.]

At Sundance

1995

Convergence: Courage in a Crisis poster
4.8

Activists and volunteers work through the darkest days of 2020, galvanizing social change amidst chaos as governments start to fail local communities. This epic, globally spanning and deeply passionate documentary serves as a clarion call that great change can be born of crisis.

Convergence: Courage in a Crisis

2021

And Everything Is Going Fine poster
6.5

From the first time he performed Swimming to Cambodia - the one-man account of his experience of making the 1984 film The Killing Fields - Spalding Gray made the art of the monologue his own. Drawing unstintingly on the most intimate aspects of his own life, his shows were vibrant, hilarious and moving. His death came tragically early, in 2004; this compilation of interview and performance footage nails his idiosyncratic and irreplaceable brilliance.

And Everything Is Going Fine

2010

Newtown poster
6.6

A look at how the community of Newtown, Connecticut came together in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.

Newtown

2016

Coney Island Baby poster
9.0

After spending time in New York City, Billy Hayes returns to his Ireland hometown. He wants to get back together with his ex-girlfriend and take her to America in hopes of opening up a gas station. But everything isn't going Billy's way — the townspeople aren't happy to see him, and his ex-girlfriend is engaged and pregnant. Then, Billy runs into his old friends who are planning a scam.

Coney Island Baby

2002

Coney Island Baby poster
9.0

After spending time in New York City, Billy Hayes returns to his Ireland hometown. He wants to get back together with his ex-girlfriend and take her to America in hopes of opening up a gas station. But everything isn't going Billy's way — the townspeople aren't happy to see him, and his ex-girlfriend is engaged and pregnant. Then, Billy runs into his old friends who are planning a scam.

Coney Island Baby

2002

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8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Let's Talk About Sex

2009

Why I Love New #*$%!&@ York poster
NR

In this short film, produced as a tribute to New York City in the wake of 9/11, Kevin Smith polls New Yorkers on their attitudes towards his home state of New Jersey and finds them to be less-than-favorable... with one caveat.

Why I Love New #*$%!&@ York

2001

1-800-On-Her-Own poster
NR

Ani DiFranco was an unmistakable talent that shook the ‘90s alternative music scene. In this vulnerable look at her life today, she struggles to balance artistry with the demands of family

1-800-On-Her-Own

2024

Shepard & Dark poster
5.5

An indelible portrait of the complex relationship between playwright and actor Sam Shepard and his close friend Johnny Dark as they prepare forty years of their correspondence for publication, stirring up old memories both good and bad.

Shepard & Dark

2012